"but being able to keep running your old apps is not the norm" Only for the cloud cohort. Not all of us drink the kool-aid! Try living in a computing environme

"but being able to keep running your old apps is not the norm" Only for the cloud cohort. Not all of us drink the kool-aid! Try living in a computing environment where the technology-rug isn't pulled out from under you every three months. Both Windows and Linux have not had core changes to their API. The fundamentals of application programming haven't changed in decades. Why shouldn't we allow old apps to run?