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Re:Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile by michaelmrose on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @04:16AM (#15440187)
Your 5 times in 25 years suggests an overhaul every 5 years. Context matters. WPF became mainstream in 2007

WPF, Metra, UWP, and Silverlight in 2007 -> 2017 is 4 overhauls in 10 years or an overhaul every 2.5 years.

Also not fixing bugs in earlier tech creates a compulsion to switch to the next tech.

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Re:Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile by contextfree on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @05:15AM (#15440447)
metro/winrt -> uwp wasn't really an overhaul, it was just a new name for the next version of the same thing more or less.
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