> How badly do you really need that feature? Very badly. New regulations require this feature or we risk fines. Also we need to support some new hardware. Also

> How badly do you really need that feature? Very badly. New regulations require this feature or we risk fines. Also we need to support some new hardware. Also we finally discovered a longstanding bug that was losing us money. Also, the business opened a new branch that needs this. > Why did no one need it a couple of years ago? The regulation didn't exist. We didn't understand the bug. The new hardware didn't exist. The new business opportunity hadn't been thought of yet.