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At scale, how do you tell the difference between software which is finished vs software which is unmaintained?

• chadlavi 6y ago
  "Finished software" is a myth.
  • cellularmitosis 6y ago
    Though I love a good fatalistic Jamie Zawinski reference, I’ll resist and stay on-topic. I think you mean “for the kind of software I typically get paid to write, software is never finished.” However, if you widen your perspective a bit, you’ll find plenty of examples. I assure you, “space invaders” was finished in 1978, and it will never see any “maintenance”.
    • chadlavi 6y ago
      I mean yeah, every piece of commercially available software got shipped at some point, and especially before the internet that software was mostly done being changed forever. That doesn't mean it was finished!
  • wizzwizz4 6y ago
    I don't know… true seems pretty finished to me.