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You buy an 11 year old car without keys and ask the manufacturer to give you some new ones. They say no. I would think that is a closer analogy. Anyone who wri
by lbriner 5y ago
You buy an 11 year old car without keys and ask the manufacturer to give you some new ones. They say no. I would think that is a closer analogy.
Anyone who writes software knows that supporting older systems starts becoming more and more expensive. For many companies, one-off licensing is simply not viable in the long term, at some point, if they are not actively updating the software, they lose developer expertise and end up with a system only supported by older and retired engineers since the youngster only learn ruby/python/c# or whatever.
It is annoying sometimes but it shouldn't be surprising.
- wizzwizz4 5y ago> I would think that is a closer analogy. How? The software was bought 11 years ago, and the license keys are in the possession of the licensee.
- nixass 5y agoNobody is asking for support, but for right to use the piece of software they own 100%
- Markoff 5y agoI don't think you own the software, you just own the license to use it.
- mopsi 5y ago> Anyone who writes software knows that supporting older systems starts becoming more and more expensive. With last quarter's profit at $16.5B (+47%), running an activation server for their flagship product can indeed be a challenge.
- detaro 5y agoNobody is asking them to stop updating the software, or to implement additional things to support old versions. They are merely asked to continue to run the infrastructure they imposed on the software, or if they wish to stop doing that, provide alternative solutions.