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Installing Security patches for a ruby stack takes a full code coverage test suite, days of planning and even more to update code for breaking changes.

Installing security patches for a Microsoft stack requires turning on windows update.

There's a BIG difference. Once you write your msft stack app, is done. Microsoft apps written decades ago still work today with no code changes.




That's not true. Try running anything with VisualFoxPro. There are tons of programs that ran on XP and 7 and don't on 10.




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