Comment by dlcarrier
The easiest way to avoid patent liabilities is to always be 20 years behind.
The easiest way to avoid patent liabilities is to always be 20 years behind.
I've heard people say this, and believed it myself for a long time, but recently I set up a windows XP VM and was shocked by how bad the quality of life was.
I think nostalgia is influencing this opinion quite a bit, and we don't realize the mountain of tiny usability improvements that have been made since XP
20 years behind get us back to Windows XP, that had a better experience than Windows 11 anyway.