> It has workarounds for tons of OSes such as VMS. Given enough time, every protocol will have workarounds for $SOMETHING_WRITTEN_IN_LAST_DECADE (or before).

> It has workarounds for tons of OSes such as VMS. Given enough time, every protocol will have workarounds for $SOMETHING_WRITTEN_IN_LAST_DECADE (or before). This is the bane of backwards compatibility. There'll be always one off patches for something. Always.