> If you start developing a new software today, it won't need to run on those computers. This is a weird argument to make. For context, I work on mesh overlay

> If you start developing a new software today, it won't need to run on those computers. This is a weird argument to make. For context, I work on mesh overlay VPNs at Defined.net. We initially used Unix domain sockets for our daemon-client control model. This supported Windows 10 / Server 2019+. We very quickly found our users needed support for Server 2016. Some are even still running 2012. Ultimately, as a software vendor, we can't just force customers to upgrade their datacenters.