Duane Percox says:

There are many reasons for this. Some include the industry catching up,
some include the reduction of sustained innovation on the platform,
some include HP's reluctance to organize their business in a way
that supports mature products. Keep in mind this last point is
historical and not something new at HP. I'm no economics wizard,
but it seems not getting support revenue into CSY sure guarantees
that as the product matures you have less and less revenue for
sustaining the product which guarantees only products with a growth
path will survive. Installed base products therefore whither and die.

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So, that's why Microsoft's products never mature !  they are constantly
evolving, creating new bugs.  If you have a mature system and software
you're heading for the bit bucket.

I don't think the term "growth path" is the correct term to use here.
Microsoft has been around for eon's and I don't consider their products on a
'growth path'; more like a Ferris wheel or a merry-go-round. (depends on the
year).

What a throw-away world we live in.  Maybe I should start a landfill
business?

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