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I think that Microsoft made a great example of long term support, but I have to agree with the big red "Honestly, it's time for a change" at the top of the page. It's a twelve year old product, I'm honestly amazed to find any users left. Yeah, many businesses may be using XP, which sadly includes almost ATM in the US, but this end of support has been coming for a long, long time and upgrading to newer, likely better software is something that needs to be done.

Additionally, am I the only person who has no major problems with Windows 8.1? Yeah, Metro isn't great on my non-touchscreen monitor but I'm not going to avoid using it because I don't like the UI. (In all fairness, I only run it on a gaming PC and my school/work machine runs OS X...) I'd love to see more lower and middle end options that run Linux, but until then I think ending support for XP is actually a good thing. You can't be hung up on old technology forever.

I understand where the authors are coming from. They're made that Eich supported a bill that denies their rights. However, what Eich does is his own, personal business. The writers, at least in my mind, are mixing business with their personal lives.

I support gay marriage, but I think that this isn't too much more than needless outrage. When someone boycotts Google because Google supports gay marriage, a lot of us look at them and go "Wow! What an idiot, boycotting Google because they think that Google is immoral! They're the immoral ones!" This is the exact same thing, it just happens that the authors' views align with our own. I think it's ultimately just petty. I'm glad gay couples can marry in California, where I currently live. I think it's a step in the right direction. I just think that needless outrage like this, which only isolates you from potential customers, gets us nowhere. We get it, you disagree with the CEO's personal values. I understand your outrage, and that might mean nothing to you. I just think there has to be a better way than this to actually get your point across.

I like the IntelliJ community edition. Sure, it doesn't have everything in the full version, but it's pretty good for what it offers.