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I generally try to phrase "legacy" as "something that is surprisingly expensive to maintain and improve". A Mercedes limousine from the 1930s might still drive
by ThePadawan 6y ago
I generally try to phrase "legacy" as "something that is surprisingly expensive to maintain and improve".
A Mercedes limousine from the 1930s might still drive, and be reliable and stable. Finding parts for it probably requires custom-making them, and that's why I would consider it a legacy car.
- rbanffy 6y agoYou can consider "legacy" as something that's in an ascending curve in TCO.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoLiterally every system that is scaling up is legacy by that metric.
- nine_k 6y agoTCO per customer? If serving your customers, on average, becomes more expensive with time, your system becomes less and less adequate for business.