Blame the person who thought it was a good idea to make your business dependent on some piece of software that is not
backwards supported for the time you intend to use it.
ah, is see , so we must all become sootseers, clearvoyants and future predictors. i'll go dust off the old dowsing rod.
Or accept the risk and buy a new analyzer if necessary and consider it the price you pay for doing business.
you can do that with a 5$ screwdriver. replace it every year. expensive machinery should run long time. 4 year old phone : sorry no more updates for you. toss it. but it cost me 1000$ ... so i paid 250$ a year for this thing... no wonder everyone is broke all the time.
Or you can accept the risk and buy a new analyzer if necessary and consider it the price you pay for doing business.
There is no need to buy a new machine. The machine works fine. so does the control program that came with it. The problem is elsewhere
I was referring to pc's where you do have a choice. If your applications needed for your business require the use of a certain OS,
then check how many years the whole setup is supported and be prepared to replace it when the time comes.
back to the dowsing rod then... or, since we are more technical here : a time machine. let's jump 10 years forward , buy the machine there and bring it back, then we know it will work guaranteed for at least 10 years.
Good luck getting an answer from device makers on longevity. Some things are outside of their control as well and they too rely on other systems.
In other words, think about the future, when and how to replace your machines, instruments, etc. before buying equipment.
i thought about it. the answer is simple : machines should keep working forever, as long as i need them, or until i retire, whatever comes first.
buy a screwdriver and 2 years from now they stop making the screws that needs that screwdriver. ok, I'll buy a new one then , no problem. but what i f i need to repair something with the old type screw ? so i'll have it laying around , cluttering up the place. and one day after i toss it i will need it...
Things move too fast. it's all spur of the moment. Release it early, hype it with influencers and social media , throw some crypto and arduino and iot in there for additional cred, and fix the bugs later (or hope it goes obsolete before so we don't have to spend time and money building more releases , we can focus on the next big thing : bilking people out of more money. Actually , let's not hope it goes obsolete. Let's just make it obsolete. If we really want to get rid of the support headache : let's shut down the company and start something new. That seems to be the china model : make it, sell it , dissolve company. We got our money and we don't need to support our customers if we don't exist.
Businesses can write off their large stuff. As a small consumer this becomes a problem. A time and money problem : you're constantly out of both
and as a hobbyist it just makes things less enjoyable , the number of hurdles just goes up and you are dealing with more and more noise to get to the signal.