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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by kstrauser on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:19AM (#15161851)
Be careful of the large selection bias there: you're looking at the 20-30 year old code good enough not to have been replaced 18-28 years ago.
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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by Shaanie on Sunday September 03, 2017 @03:38PM (#15163397)
Survivorship bias, to be precise.
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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by nitrogen on Sunday September 03, 2017 @05:24PM (#15164013)
So what's a good example of the code of today that will survive the next 30 years?
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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by dredmorbius on Sunday September 03, 2017 @09:26PM (#15165003)
Get back to me ... in 30 years.
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