NFS is an old (some would say legacy), idiosynchratic piece of software with multiple revisions that affect how you run it, depending on what kind of backwards

NFS is an old (some would say legacy), idiosynchratic piece of software with multiple revisions that affect how you run it, depending on what kind of backwards compatibility you want. As the article points out, some of the problems could be eliminated by only enabling NFSv4 support, for example. If anything, the article is a good example of adapting new tech to work around the many odd behaviours of old tech.