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We'll just conveniently ignore the costs of retraining users and of replacing any legacy systems they may use. Ooh look, shiny Linux!

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Windows updates broke your in-house mission critical application, but it should run just fine on Linux. /s

When you rewrite your now hosed mission critical app you won't get screwed again. Seems like a reasonable response to getting screwed to me to move to a different supplier. But hey, making better friends with whatever supplier is screwing you without your consent could work too..? Deciding they're really ok and coming to terms with it as the natural order of things could work too..? Protecting yourself and claiming autonomy isn't the only solution by any means.

Right, the update process for Linux distros never, ever breaks anything so it's perfectly safe. /s

No, the advantage is that the update process is in your control not your suppliers. Which was the whole point of the article if you'd care to read it.

You can disagree with the utility of having that control yourself vs having it controlled by your supplier. If people here believe that utility to be not worthwhile from their direct experience - that's something I'd really like to hear because I'd likely learn something from it.

I'm not sure I learn much from your response.

Windows and Microsoft in general are legendary for how good their backwards compatibility is. There's this game from on windows 3.1 I like to play, and I've just got the exe somewhere, "world empire 2", it just works. This is surprisingly common.

A linux binary from 20 years ago is just not going to start. Even the basic libc wouldn't be there.

Which implies why nobody ever need worry about windows upgrades being pushed out and hosing their mission critical apps without their consent. This also implies the article is full of shit. But I guess world empire 2 wasn't mission critical for this guy..?

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