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by teddyh 1673 days ago
Why does hosting need to be bundled with software upgrade and support? Hint: It doesn’t.
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alexwebb2 1673 days ago
Because otherwise you’re on the hook to support N versions of the software instead of just one.

It’s vastly easier, simpler and cheaper to support hosted software.

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teddyh 1672 days ago
That’s simply not true. There is no reason why you couldn’t simply drop support for even very recent versions. Google and Apple do this today.
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