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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: LT Spice updates
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:18:32 -0700
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On 6/11/2024 12:17 PM, Don Y wrote:
> On 6/11/2024 11:56 AM, Edward Rawde wrote:
>> It's been a long time since the average software update switched from
>> actually fixing anything to forcing the latest version into use.
> 
> Unfortunately, you may not realize that this has been imposed on you
> until it is too late to "go back".
> 
> I preserve copies of old files in their original forms (and file formats)
> to safeguard against this biting me -- again!  This lets me decide if I
> want to abandon the "more recent" version of the file in favor of returning
> to an earlier version (with known performance characteristics in the earlier
> application version)

Of course, maintaining old versions is a piece of cake with VMs
(and folks who haven't adopted SOME form of that technology are
needlessly hindering their own productivity!)