Re: Google drops
Yes. Many of us have been burned by Google casually ditching its old stuff. There is a good reason devs are loyal to Microsoft and other such vendors. Code written 20 years ago using old Microsoft tools will often still run on the latest OS. Code written 2 years ago for Google is usually completely redundant.
Code maintenance is expensive. Devs want to develop new stuff - not rewrite old stuff repeatedly.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
