Look, it can be right but sometimes the “long term plan” is on the order of a decade or two. “Let’s replace everything” doesn’t happen in a hurry, so it can tak

Look, it can be right but sometimes the “long term plan” is on the order of a decade or two. “Let’s replace everything” doesn’t happen in a hurry, so it can take a LONG time to shift. I’ve seen projects that are 5 years into approximately 10 year transitions off MongoDB and MySQL in favour of PostgreSQL because everyone is realistic about the available development time to completely reimplement the core product while continuing to build new product features to maintain customer growth and remain fiscally solvent.