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[waldronate]

Speaking as someone who does software for a living, it's a royal PITA to support old software, especially server images. You have to keep the old software and OS patched, which is a non-trivial level of effort. If the software in question is generating zero dollars in revenues, then any expense is too much for a profit-driven company to sustain long-term.

Let's just say that it's a bad idea to leave an old server running without patches and OS upgrades in your data center unless your goal is to be running a virus and malware distribution center.

[Gudern]

Speaking as someone who does software for a living, it's a royal PITA to support old software, especially server images. You have to keep the old software and OS patched, which is a non-trivial level of effort. If the software in question is generating zero dollars in revenues, then any expense is too much for a profit-driven company to sustain long-term.

Let's just say that it's a bad idea to leave an old server running without patches and OS upgrades in your data center unless your goal is to be running a virus and malware distribution center.

I agree with that.