That's proof that Vista isn't backwards compatible. A backwards compatible OS doesn't require patches for older software to run.
This is a big deal.
Companies contemplating a move to Vista should consider that their existing proprietary software may very well *not* run under Vista.
Well yeah, but its only proof its non BC with that program, I am using many programs that are XP, and one win98 program, a game but its all the same. ALso I was just reading that ACT 2000 thru 2004 do work(they didnt test 2005-2006), and you should also be using Office 2003 instead of 2007 in Vista or XP with ACT. I understand the frustration it would be for some small business owner whos computer just took the big BSOD of death and needs a new PC and then finds out that there current ACT! program wont work, but I am not so concerned about the big corporations who have paid IT professionals, on staff programmers and cost analyzers running through every scenario of cost to the company on an OS change, they will and should know if its going to work.
At the college the other day we were installing Vista and Office and other programs on a couple of test PC's to see what the college needs to do to change. The consensus was that since the college has in its budget to change all of the PC's in 2008 it would be best to wait until the winter break of fall 2007 because the current PC's there on average wouldnt handle the new OS and they should receive all of the new licensed products from adobe and various other companies.