While it's tempting to use the threat of obsolescence to force governments and enterprises to adopt newer software, these groups are traditionally the most resistant to such efforts. This is due not in significantly to the bastions of old tech living in iso, where all they have to talk to is the custom-built application.

Also, the promise that the forced obsolescence will eventually work out better for the world is cold comfort when it's you who must choose between legacy tech and sacrificing a large portion of your revenue.