Microsoft, I have been told twice today that were it not for a small application here or there, they'd request I put them on Enterprise Linux workstations again because the irritations they faced on that platform at least didn't stop them dead in their tracks.
Though I don't really have the time or resources, I'm giving serious thought to whipping up cross-platform versions of these applications and giving my customers the option to go back to Enterprise Linux if this updateapolooza becomes untenable.
It'll piss off a bunch of vendors but I am beyond caring at this point. Something's got to give and if they don't do it, I sure as Hell will.