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Re:Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions by vacri on Sunday May 10, 2015 @05:25PM (#9521374)
> if Bob in Marketing's copy of Microsoft Word stops working for a day or two while Microsoft patches something

Why would such a problem only hit one user, in a place that rolls out an SOE?

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Re:Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions by rossng on Sunday May 10, 2015 @05:50PM (#9521490)
Okay, that was a bad example. It's likely to be small, obscure features that break (assuming that major stuff will be caught by good automated testing). Not many people will rely on that specific functionality, so not many people will be affected.
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