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Absolutely I have seen MGMT wearing "innovation" blinders only to realize nothing fucking was wrong in the first place. Before declaring something legacy, a fa
by drieddust 6y ago
Absolutely I have seen MGMT wearing "innovation" blinders only to realize nothing fucking was wrong in the first place.
Before declaring something legacy, a fair evaluation of the future business requirement and fitment of current solution is a must.
12 Years back I worked with an org who had an AS400 which they considered legacy. System is still running and serves the business need perfectly well. All plans to replace just wasted money.
Another company decided to implement a new centralized ERP without realizing that company's highly federated businesses which can also be considered a conglomerate of very small independent businesses doesn't need it and won't use it. Million went down the gutter before higher ups realized the sad fact and fired the CIO.
IT world is literred up with sorry tales like these.
- alacombe 6y ago> 12 Years back I worked with an org who had an AS400 which they considered legacy What happens when the hardware fails ?
- p_l 6y agoYou call IBM using your support contract to bring spares or use the chance to replace with latest model (they are still updated)
- collyw 6y agoI guess this is one of the reasons no one ever got fired for buying IBM.
- p_l 6y agoNo, it's just normal case of "the system is still in production and the only reason you're on ancient hardware is because you're not upgrading", same as if you ran business-critical component on random 486SX assembled by then-CEOs nephew.
- drieddust 6y agoAS400 is very much alive and stable platform with new release and adequate support available. It just ain't sexy and that was the main driver for declaring it legacy.