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bymc1138 ( 718275 ) writes:
On one side, you have the convenience of having an OS thats tested, your apps work on it, everything is good. On the other, you're perpetuating an old system, and keeping people from moving forward. Support nightmare isn't the half of it, you're going to have a very mixed level of application compatibility as well. In fact, the better option might have been a better more robust compatibility function to better support older apps. Because while it's all well and good to say that companies need to upgrade the
byCapt.DrumkenBum ( 1173011 ) writes:
When has M$ ever released an OS that wasn't a support nightmare?
byThe Bungi ( 221687 ) writes:
When has [anyone] ever released an OS that wasn't a support nightmare [when it's actually put in the hands of users]?
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