It was thus said that the Great Liam Proven once stated:
  On 2 June 2013 18:34, Cory Smelosky <b4 at
gewt.net> wrote:
  (example: constantly changing module
 API). ;) 
 That's a deliberate policy of his. No, I don't really understand it,
 either, nor share it. 
  Linux, with its anti-ABI compatability, is at one end of the scale.  At
 the other end of the scale is Microsoft, which retains *bugs* because of
 software that relies upon the buggy behavior. 
Good point.  What'd be the middle-ground? ;)