That's a risk management problem. For how long will the world around this fixed artifact remain constant? How far away is your "foreseeable future" horizon? Wha

That's a risk management problem. For how long will the world around this fixed artifact remain constant? How far away is your "foreseeable future" horizon? What happens when you're wrong? I have, in fact, chosen to use actively developed and maintained systems with fewer features than unmaintained EOL'd ones. When you choose software to solve a problem, you're not just choosing software. You're encoding expectations around the problem, the environment, and your needs. If all three of those can be assured to never change then choosing a fixed artifact might be the way forward. Should any of those ever change, then your software will either adapt or become a less suitable solution. How often can an organization really be that certain?