Introduction
Microsoft has a responsibility to not abandon existing clients when shifting technologies. Supporting the new and the old often requires Microsoft to ship a huge volume of binaries with operating systems and tools like Windows and Visual Studio .NET. New competitors often aren't saddled with the need to support old clients, and these new competitors are quick to point out how much of a computer's resources Microsoft's tools seem to take. It is ironic that Microsoft's continued support of old and new technologies is used against the corporation in the media.
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