Re:Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration d...
by rasz on Friday February 07, 2020 @03:03PM
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It sure does expire its usefulness. Try running old phpBB forum, Android 4 phone, or browser from 2011. Software degrades into a point of uselessness.
Re:Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration d...
by anon73044 on Friday February 07, 2020 @04:16PM
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And yet, Windows XP and IE 5 still have a nonzero market share for some reason.
Re:Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration d...
by user5994461 on Friday February 07, 2020 @05:20PM
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Windows XP and Vista have a market share of less than 0.1% if we are to believe steam stats. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
Either that, or steam doesn't work on these and the missing 0.1% are Windows Server OS. Turns out, software does stop working for real.
Re:Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration d...
by ryl00 on Friday February 07, 2020 @05:54PM
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Steam dropped support for XP and Vista last year
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1558-AFC...
A lot of the problems outlined in the post have to do with device and solution design decisions rather than in software expiring.
This also touches on open source software lifecycle choices. PHP may be updating quicker than it used to but the backwards compatibility is amazing.
Angular 9 moving at this pace of change is an example of a lot of churn. Churn is fun for us devs while we work on things but not great for the solutions our stuff is embedded in.