Re: It isn't the 1990s any more..
"In the real business world, a large majority of corporates, and government institutions DO need it due to the outdated or misguided applications they use and can't afford to replace"
So what happens when these big businesses get caught in a dilemma: told their software's not secure enough to comply with laws or whatever but lacking any viable alternative? Suppose they're "too big to fail" yet "too stubborn to live"?