By their very nature, extinction is the eventual end to all solutions. We can see this in the study of any product life cycle curve, or s-curve as it is called. The S-curves, thus the solutions, all have a beginning and an end. The life cycle ends when the evolution of a process gives birth to another more advanced solution and discards the old one. The newborn technologies take over where their predecessors leave off.
History is full of examples.
Calculators replaced slide rules, word processors replaced typewriters, CD's replaced records and flat screens are replacing picture tubes. With the ceaseless advancement of technology, newer, better solutions to customers' problems constantly emerge. Because of their inherent constraints, solutions are a limited platform upon which only incremental improvements can be made toward advancing a process to its ultimate level of performance. Disaster looms on the horizon. Solutions act only as interstitial bridges, spanning the precipice of time between an industry's technological breakthroughs and product advancements.