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> It seemed like a clunky, expensive piece of legacy software that the "business people" always used. You weren't wrong!
by brianpgordon 7y ago
> It seemed like a clunky, expensive piece of legacy software that the "business people" always used.
You weren't wrong!
- triplee 7y agoYeah, that's a "Why not both?" situation right there. It does do important stuff for the business folks, and made it way easier for them in a really cool (at the time) way. They've gotten bigger via tons of acquisitions and of course when you're an early adopter to an area, it also makes it harder to move when the next new thing comes up. So yeah, it's clunky and legacy, parts of it slowly getting better, but also not going away quickly either because those who invested in it invested too much to pivot this soon. See also things like Hadoop or anything from IBM or Oracle.