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   From: glee29@spamindspring.com   
      
   "Greegor"  wrote in message   
   news:4af43fde-27f2-433e-88f3-a29e28ccf15b@v6g2000pbb.googlegroups.com...   
   > Do you have any documentation that FW 3.5   
   > will run software written for previous versions?   
   >   
   > Is there documentation that FW 4.0 will run   
   > software written for previous FW versions?   
   >   
   > If FW 4.0 will run SW written for all previous   
   > FW versions, then perhaps update site   
   > should stop pushing the old versions once   
   > somebody has FW 4.0 on an XT system?   
   >   
   > In fact, if that's true, why even maintain the old versions at all?   
   >   
   > Does FW 4.0 really supercede previous versions of FW?   
   >   
   > Is this documented from Microsoft?   
   >   
   > Is backwards compatability of FW documented anywhere?   
      
      
   If you spend just a few minutes doing some online searching, you'd have   
   had your answers long ago:   
      
   Mailbag: Do I need still need older versions of the .NET Framework on my   
   system after installing .NET Framework 3.5 SP1?   
   http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2009/04/20/9557946.aspx   
      
   Mailbag: Do I need still need older versions of the .NET Framework on my   
   system after installing the .NET Framework 4?   
   http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2011/10/02/10219046.aspx   
      
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