Because it's likely that a lot of their equipment was actually developed for Win95/98/2000 or even DOS.
> I've heard security called many things, but I think this is the first time I've heard of it referred to as 'hipster stuff'.
It was tongue-in-cheek, but what I meant is that most people don't upgrade their OS for fun (or for security) -- they do it only when forced by external pressure. Dunno about you, but I'd rather have nuclear submarines running on well-known and (literally) battle-tested software, screw smooth animations and glassy windows.
If you don’t interface with external systems, and your computer has no IO ports open to its users, well, then it doesn't matter. You could run DOS 6.2 and it would work just as well, security is not an issue there.
Because it's likely that a lot of their equipment was actually developed for Win95/98/2000 or even DOS.
> I've heard security called many things, but I think this is the first time I've heard of it referred to as 'hipster stuff'.
It was tongue-in-cheek, but what I meant is that most people don't upgrade their OS for fun (or for security) -- they do it only when forced by external pressure. Dunno about you, but I'd rather have nuclear submarines running on well-known and (literally) battle-tested software, screw smooth animations and glassy windows.