It's a virtual world. Not a real one. Technological limitations have made this world stagnant. Next time don't dump $9000 in to something you neglected to research. Also nothing lasts forever. It's been a decade. Times are changing and bigger and better things are hopefuly coming.
"Out with the old and in with the new."
"I can't see into the future. I speak for no one but myself. But if you deem it necessary to wipe out everything I have worked to build for myself here over the last five years, force me to start over, it won't be SL where I begin again. So for me the bottom line is, if my inventory is gone, so am I. (And I'd suspect so are MANY others.)"
No one is forcing you. They stated that they would keep the light on for as long as the power bill is paid.