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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1823432" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Think about it, Patrick. When the developer updates the application to take advantage of some feature, or react to some change, in a newer version of the OS, if that application has to work with older versions of the app, the developer has to do more testing, maybe even more coding, to make sure that the new stuff doesn't break what works on the older version and older OS. So the issue is not that the app "won't always keep working" when an OS updates, it's more that the developer doesn't want to spend time and money to fix something for an old OS that isn't going to make any money. New sales will most likely be for newer versions, to the time spent getting it right on the newer OS has a return, but not so much on legacy versions. On the other hand, if the OS stays old and the software works on that old version, then all the user has to do is NOT update to later versions and the application should still work, unless the world moves on and, in this case, the user discovers that the OTHER end has moved on and the connections no longer work because THAT end changed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1823432, member: 396914"] Think about it, Patrick. When the developer updates the application to take advantage of some feature, or react to some change, in a newer version of the OS, if that application has to work with older versions of the app, the developer has to do more testing, maybe even more coding, to make sure that the new stuff doesn't break what works on the older version and older OS. So the issue is not that the app "won't always keep working" when an OS updates, it's more that the developer doesn't want to spend time and money to fix something for an old OS that isn't going to make any money. New sales will most likely be for newer versions, to the time spent getting it right on the newer OS has a return, but not so much on legacy versions. On the other hand, if the OS stays old and the software works on that old version, then all the user has to do is NOT update to later versions and the application should still work, unless the world moves on and, in this case, the user discovers that the OTHER end has moved on and the connections no longer work because THAT end changed. [/QUOTE]
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