We Need Software Updates Forever
I don&#x27;t think companies should be forced to maintain their software forever -- that&#x27;s too much of an unpredictable burden for the company to bear.  Also it&#x27;s fraught with problems, like what happens if the company goes out of business?<p>But what I do think is they should be forced to release their source code if they no longer want to maintain it.  If a server is required for the software, then they should release the server source such that anyone can run one.  If there is a hostname that the software connects to, they should be required to push an update that allows you to change that before shutting down the service and releasing the source.