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Re:Checkboxes that kill your product by Erwin on Monday March 18, 2013 @01:51PM (#5395880)
However the workflow issues you break are sometimes something like this: http://xkcd.com/1172/ -- that may be a problem with software you paid $1 for 3 years ago and expected forever to work exactly as you need it.
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Re:Checkboxes that kill your product by nitrogen on Monday March 18, 2013 @04:43PM (#5397007)
Why shouldn't one expect to have one's purchased goods remain available indefinitely, no matter the price?

This comic is not meant to be a justification for removing actual features.

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Re:Checkboxes that kill your product by mfjordvald on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @02:01AM (#5399224)
How did you mentally go from "expected forever to work exactly as you need it." to "Why shouldn't one expect to have one's purchased goods remain available indefinitely"?

There's a huge difference between being available and not ever changing. You're arguing against a point never made.

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Re:Checkboxes that kill your product by nitrogen on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @03:30PM (#5403041)
If I paid for a piece of software three years ago, I expect that piece of software that I obtained three years ago to work forever.
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