> The question is, is it portable to the systems you want to support? "Want" isn't always the whole equation. Sysadmins are often called to support ancient OSe

> The question is, is it portable to the systems you want to support? "Want" isn't always the whole equation. Sysadmins are often called to support ancient OSes, in particular in environments which keep systems in operation long after their "best before" dates (e.g. internal IT in banking systems). There's literally no disadvantage, beyond aesthetics, to _not_ using the x-hack. For many of us older folks, using it is built into our muscle memory.