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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by saagarjha on Friday March 28, 2025 @02:02AM (#43502009)
> These days developers have to invest significant time and effort into making sure the software just runs on the constantly updated operating systems and platforms — which costs money on an ongoing basis.

What’s different today?

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by jwr on Friday March 28, 2025 @02:14AM (#43502074)
The Internet happened, and operating systems evolve much faster. You could buy a piece of software and run it on MS-DOS 5.0 for a long time if you didn't need networking and the software did what you wanted it to do. You didn't have to update.

Today everything is connected to the internet and exposed to threats, so the updates are much more frequent, and OS makers take advantage of this to push additional stuff and even more changes. The result is a treadmill.

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by eastbound on Friday March 28, 2025 @02:37AM (#43502218)
That’s only sustainable if we pour a humongous percentage of our GDP in upgrading all software all the time.
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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by pjc50 on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:31AM (#43504067)
Well, yes, that's what's going to happen .. because that churn increases the GDP number.
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