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Re:The Problem of Legacy IT Systems by ThePadawan on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @12:50PM (#24767342)
I generally try to phrase "legacy" as "something that is surprisingly expensive to maintain and improve".

A Mercedes limousine from the 1930s might still drive, and be reliable and stable. Finding parts for it probably requires custom-making them, and that's why I would consider it a legacy car.

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Re:The Problem of Legacy IT Systems by rbanffy on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @01:22PM (#24767642)
You can consider "legacy" as something that's in an ascending curve in TCO.
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Re:The Problem of Legacy IT Systems by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @01:28PM (#24767700)
Literally every system that is scaling up is legacy by that metric.
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Re:The Problem of Legacy IT Systems by nine_k on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @01:58PM (#24767998)
TCO per customer? If serving your customers, on average, becomes more expensive with time, your system becomes less and less adequate for business.
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