Jim Henderson wrote:
> because hardware depreciation is 3-5 years, 

... which has little to do with it ...

(Depreciation has nothing to do with how fast something wears out, even 
in theory.)

> and often times, hardware isn't even supported for 10 years.

There is that.

One of the reasons digital phones never really took off in the US is the 
federal government required AT&T to plan for equipment to last 30 to 50 
years when installed. Not a real short innovation cycle there.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.

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