The bean counters ultimately work for the shareholders if a public corporation or the public if it is government. The shareholders empower management and the p

The bean counters ultimately work for the shareholders if a public corporation or the public if it is government. The shareholders empower management and the public elects their leadership. The CEO of Target got fired for not upgrading their point of sale software from an unsupported version of Microsoft Windows embedded (XP) to a later version which caused their system to be hacked. Ultimately, this is going to be a problem as long as firms don't treat computers as any other form of capital equipment (such as repair vehicles) that need ongoing maintenance. Boards need to be asking their management about keeping their capital equipment under maintenance. As for software that doesn't run on Windows 10, perhaps it is best to avoid firms that produce software where they don't upgrade it to the most secure version of the OS. I think this is mostly a hypothetical for most and it is probably important that firms change vendors if the vendor isn't willing to upgrade to the latest version of the OS.