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Re:IRS’ 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New H... by ror6ax on Monday April 30, 2018 @06:38PM (#16963103)
In reality it often means these systems are built in bad, ineffective way. Most likely in bad, ineffective languages/technologies. You don't need 17 years to be able to contribute to Apache Spark. You would not call that a small project, would you?
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