On: .NET Culture Shock

[jules]

Removing features is impossible. The best you can do is starting over once in a while.

[contextfree → jules]

You can sometimes get away with removing features under the guise of a "compact" version for a new platform, e.g. OSX -> iOS, WPF -> Silverlight

[borisk → jules]

Some ppl in Microsoft see F# as exactly this fresh start.

[xtho → jules]

IIRC Java has removed features in the past by marking them as deprecated for several releases and then removing them.