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Sadly, this meme is universal through time and space and shows no likelihood of abating.

I once had a customer who told vendors, "I don't want maintenance, and I don't want the software I just bought to change, ever." At the time, most of us thought he was crazy. Now I'm not so sure.

I'm still sitting shivah for Classic Google Maps, Palm Graffiti, and Windows XP. Sigh.

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Windows XP - I was most productive on this OS...BY FAR. Everything since has been less optimal. This includes IOS.

Well think about it, now that you have to air gap it to keep it secure it's probably even more productive than before - no time wasted on HN for example!

I'm pretty sure I read of a method that works even with air gap https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/air_gaps.html

It would be quite ironic if the foretold BYOD revolution enables people to be curmudgeonly stick in the muds.

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