Because it usually costs money and/or causes grief?  I'm not exactly waiting with baited breath for V4.2 because it doesn't really solve anything - from speculative sources.  Progress is nice - if it isn't painful.  "Status quo" is a big phrase.  People like it and don't enjoy having to adjust when it is no longer available.   Notice that every announced major update of something comes with moans and groans - since most people have just become comfortable with the previous, short-lived major update.  One of the problems/advantages of computers is the ever-increasing speed of progress.  It at once gives you better solutions while giving more headaches... ;)

So, yes we could all stick to P4 and P4 figures but then you don't get the advancements -but you usually have to change other things in the process (which can be either expensive, frustrating, or time consuming).  The problem is that companies need to have income (so they need to push things out into the real currency-based world).  In an ideal world, 'companies' would only release a fully realized solution in all aspects (a complete update, fully thrashed out and issue-resolved). Hah.  Only if.  And if...  In reality, solutions are provided asap without complete circumspect to both the bejoyment and befuddlement of users.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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