Backwards compatibility takes us … backwards
Sadly, as soon as you retain assist for previous, weak variations of your software program, individuals will proceed to make use of previous, weak variations of your software program.
Distributors shrugged their shoulders, and pundits blamed software program customers for selecting to make use of a working-but-vulnerable model as an alternative of a broken-but-patched model (as if that was an actual alternative). And as extra customers continued to make use of the weak options, distributors needed to proceed to assist the weak variations, which enabled extra customers to depend on the weak options, which … you get the image.
Software program has largely stopped being single goal, the place a vendor can perceive precisely how their clients will use it. As an alternative, it’s grow to be normal goal, with most software program doing quite simple issues properly, however being utilized in extremely unpredictable methods. And not does an IT crew even set up most software program, as a result of most organizations are not “metal-native” — proudly owning their very own pc methods — however are as an alternative cloud-native, SaaS-native, and AI-native.
