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Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements

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Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:
>> Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Title: The difference between October and May? About 16GB, says
>>>> Microsoft: Windows 10 1903 will need 32GB of space
>>> 
>>> Hahaha my only question is why do businesses still put up with this
>>> garbage?
>>
>> Because:
> 
> 0) If your applications only run on a certain platform, you buy that
>   platform. Being able to actually operate your business beats
>   everything else.

Which of course also provides for the 'lock in effect'.

0.1) You built your applications for said certain platform, so now you 
either:
  0.1a) continue to use said certian platform 
  0.1b) expend lots of additional funds to migrate to "alternate 
        platform"

And when the bean counters come around looking, they often see 0.1b 
expenditures as either unnecessary (if they are not yet occurring) or 
as wasteful (if they are presently occurring).

So unless the costs (that the bean counters can count) for path 0.1a 
exceed the costs for path 0.1b by a significant enough margin, you'll 
always be "guided" down path 0.1a, whether you want to go that way or 
not.

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Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-04-29 17:30 -0400
  Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2019-04-30 01:13 +0000
    Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-04-30 10:21 +0100
      Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-05-01 11:13 -0400
    Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-04-30 10:22 +0100
      Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-04-30 10:24 +0100
  Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2019-05-01 07:25 +0000
    Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-05-01 11:10 +0000
      Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-05-02 11:59 +0100
        Re: Win10 will now require 32GB to install, double present requirements Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-05-02 15:50 +0000

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