When the b-52 aircraft retires it will have been flying for about 100 years. I can't think of software system that has the same longevity. Maybe a credit card m

When the b-52 aircraft retires it will have been flying for about 100 years. I can't think of software system that has the same longevity. Maybe a credit card mainframe written in cobol. But what JS developer is going to learn that these days. I think a problem for software as an industry in it's infancy is that we've built a lot of stuff, and it's really easy to build new stuff, but it's hard to just keep the trains running on time. No one wants to pay for that. So you take the team that delivered the system and move them on. Or you stop them hiring and they age out of the product. The ghost plane fly's on for a long time untill you start to see mountains and need to change course. Then it's panic stations. Java cracks out a new release every 6? months now. There's a lot of java 8 out there. And it's not going to get upgraded without costly effort. btw, I have no solutions. I just think we're still at the early stage of this problem. And in truth in the built world. people rip down good buildings to rebuild shiny new ones all the time.