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It's pretty rare these days that systems are maintained for that long. More than likely there'll be a rewrite every few years anyway to keep up to date with $EX
by bigbluedots 7y ago
It's pretty rare these days that systems are maintained for that long. More than likely there'll be a rewrite every few years anyway to keep up to date with $EXCITING_NEW_TECH.
- alkonaut 7y agoArchitecture for something that is only actively developed for say 5 years is pretty uninteresting. You can make better or worse architectural/design choices, but you never really test whether the choices were sound if you don't maintain it for a longer time.
- james_s_tayler 7y agoHmm maybe in the Bay Area? Everywhere else I've seen software that is on average a decade old.
- gizzlon 7y agoThat does not mean that typical service will live for a decade though. You don't see all the ones that did not make it.
- collyw 7y agoYet there is COBOL code still running.