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> It also needs not to stop doing things that will break large amounts of
> existing applications without providing an acceptable way of upgrading.
> As Simon I think implied, the pursuit of novelty-hunting under the guise
> of improvements is not a suitable path.
>

I'm reminded of someone who told me her grandfather refused to get a tractor until it could do everything that a horse and cart could do.

Q; So what can a horse and cart do that a tractor can't?

A: Get me home from the pub when I've had too much to drink.

Michael Kay