Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions

Re:Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions by the8472 on Sunday May 10, 2015 @06:15PM (#9521593)

On the other hand you could see it as simply spreading out the changes you would get from major updates every few years.

Incremental changes to the OS may only impose a small cognitive burden of adapting at any given time instead of presenting a seemingly insurmountable obstacle all at once.

Frog and a boiling pot of water.

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Re:Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions by thesteamboat on Sunday May 10, 2015 @06:36PM (#9521673)

Frogs try to jump out of boiling water. I understand you mean it metaphorically, but like the expression "you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar" it has no scientific basis.

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Re:Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions by the8472 on Sunday May 10, 2015 @06:47PM (#9521725)

I did assume that the reader is familiar with the metaphor irrespective of its truthfulness.

"Darmok and Jalad... at Tanagra."

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Re:Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions by caf on Sunday May 10, 2015 @08:21PM (#9522038)

Do you catch more flies with rotting flesh than with sterilised water?

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