> But the idea that Windows requires a more frequent upgrade cycle doesn't make sense since XP support only ended recently But nobody knew that back then; iirc

> But the idea that Windows requires a more frequent upgrade cycle doesn't make sense since XP support only ended recently But nobody knew that back then; iirc Windows XP EOL has been extended several times, and by the time the support ends, you should have migrated all of the remaining machines. So planning an upgrade for 2013 or 2014 would have been downright irresponsible. > Anyway for me, the elephant for FOSS is support. There are just lots of moving parts in Linux and many development teams all rowing in different directions at best and losing interest in maintaining a package at worse, or perhaps being acquired by Oracle is worse. The price of all the innovation is the risk that comes from no roadmap. There are lots of paid support contracts for open source software. Also you can mitigate much of the risk by choosing projects from healthy communities with high bus numbers. When the company from which you bought support goes out of business, at least for open source projects you have the chance to find another company that provides support; good luck with that when the source is closed.