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Although the counter-argument is, I've seen a whole bunch of cases where OSes weren't updated because this one old app wouldn't work on the new thing, so unmain
by mkozlows 9y ago
Although the counter-argument is, I've seen a whole bunch of cases where OSes weren't updated because this one old app wouldn't work on the new thing, so unmaintained legacy apps are always a problem.
- hinkley 9y agoTrue. Can't update python because we are running our internal tool Dingus 2.1 on this machine. But in that case you might have 3 teams putting pressure on the Dingus team to upgrade their stuff. If they can just retort with "run it in a container dummy" then they have no incentive to ever fix it.
- lowbloodsugar 9y agoside-eyes windows xp box controlling a machine