Running an outdated version of the database is a security risk waiting to happen.
Software firms often follow a product life cycle in which the first several years are covered by mainstream support, followed by a brief period of extended support before focusing resources on new product releases.
The most common reason to use an old version of a database is because an application you are running needs that version. Running an application that needs a database version that is so old is a ticking time bomb in and of itself. If you are running versions of the database that are not supported, you must buy extended support.
And the costs and risks go up exponentially, which is what we explore in detail in our latest ebook.
