“We have SQL Server version 20 years ago, and it runs fine. So what’s the problem? Why should we upgrade it?”
The short answer is that the more your SQL Server is out of date, the more things become
- vulnerable,
- broken and unfixable,
- limited in features, and
- expensive.
Vulnerable
“Vulnerability = liability.”
-Anon
Older versions of any software are less secure internally than their newer cousins. After all, “the good old days” of computers are always slightly simpler…