"Unfortunately, if we were to go back and spend Engineering resources updating versions from previous years, that funding would have to come from somewhere, so the price of each software license would go up. " Are you serious? We are not talking about a 79p app here, we are talking about a programme that costs nearly £3000 each year!!! My version is not from the dark ages but just 3 years old.
I'm not going to win with you and don't want to get into an argument. I now have to make a choice of either keeping my computer up to date or keep an older version of vectorworks working while my new business can raise enough money to fund a new version of Vectorworks. As I stated before, I will do my upmost to try and avoid ever having to use vectorworks in the future and I will encourage everyone I know within the industry to do the same.