Perfect little text, that article is. Same site has this article about "bedrock platforms" which resonate deeply with me https://permacomputing.net/bedrock_pla

Perfect little text, that article is. Same site has this article about "bedrock platforms" which resonate deeply with me https://permacomputing.net/bedrock_platform/ https://permacomputing.net/bedrock_platform/ Software does not rot, the environment around software, the very foundation which owes its existence: the singular task of enabling the software, is what rots. Let's look at any environment snapshot in time, the software keeps working like it always did.. Start updating the environment, and the software stops working, or rather, the software works fine, but the environment no longer works. I'm not saying never to update software, but, only do it if it increases speed, decreases memory usage, and broadens compatibility. I like things better the way they were. I like things better now than how they will be tomorrow. I can't remember the last time I saw a software update that didn't make it worse.