This is how "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" calcifies. People point to old systems like this (when they are working, that is) all the time as proof that devel

This is how "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" calcifies. People point to old systems like this (when they are working, that is) all the time as proof that developers are too obsessed with shiny new things. And I'm not saying that isn't true, but there is such a thing as being too conservative.