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Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by derefr on Monday December 26, 2016 @10:15PM (#13261060)
Is there any platform an enterprise could switch to that would guarantee a slower rate-of-change than Windows? "One major rewrite-requiring breaking change in 20 years" sounds like—if not a good deal—the best one I could foresee getting anywhere.
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Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by Someone on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @04:25AM (#13262179)
IBM (Oracle, too, I would guess).

http://www.longpelaexpertise.com.au/ezine/IBMBackwardCompati... has a very good observation, though:

"The reality is that backward compatibility is only possible if there are enough users paying […] for it."

It is the same for Microsoft. If, for example, several big customers would want 16 bit support on x64, I'm sure they would provide it.

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Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a... by dispose13432 on Monday December 26, 2016 @10:26PM (#13261099)
Once you rewrite once, the red line is broken. I think joelonsoftware has an article about that.
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