Re:I still use WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS
by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @11:12AM
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Isn't that just survivorship bias? The old software that survived either had massive lock-in or was good enough to survive. In another 20 years, some software from today will survive, and that too will be the stuff that was big enough, caused enough lock-in, or was good enough to stand the test of time.
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Re:I still use WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS
by chongli on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @12:39PM
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It is and it isn't. My point is that back then it wasn't possible to update software continuously. Thus, the development model was very much focused around putting out discrete, fully functional versions.
Today that isn't the case. It's all about continuous rollover. So in 20 years the software that "survived" will be the same old software that we're talking about now (from the 90s and earlier). All of the present-day software will be continually updated and may be unrecognizable in 20 years.