Visual Studio, Netbeans, Eclipse, etc. get frequent updates. They get replaced on a regular & frequent basis with something similar. It's not "hundred year furn

Visual Studio, Netbeans, Eclipse, etc. get frequent updates. They get replaced on a regular & frequent basis with something similar. It's not "hundred year furniture", it's replacing the sofa every year with a new sofa featuring better upholstery, stronger joints, and better stain resistance. Might be the same general design, made by the same manufacturer, but it's not the same instance of "sofa". It's the emacs/vim example which is more applicable. The core code hasn't changed for a very long time. The facade may change, but the operation behind that interface is unchanged. Methinks the article refers more to deliver once, update never, restart never, crashing intolerable. Having a pacemaker makes one keenly aware of the difference: just a battery replacement (4-8 years) is a major undertaking, deliberate restarts are avoided and undertaken with grave care, and crashing, well, I wouldn't notice that problem for long.