Why does software need to be “maintained”? What about it needs to be maintained?

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This is totally me just being naive, I don’t work in the software realm but do have an interest possibly one day, but if we have stuff that’s been able to run (seemingly) successfully for years, or maybe even decade, what maintenance needs to even be done on old programs? Is this simply for people discovering security vulnerabilities and patching them? Is there more to it than that?

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It’s called maintenance but the correct word should be improvement.

The software will for ever run **exactly** as it was when you purchased it. That’s the problem.

Why is it a problem?

* No software is perfect, so you’ll stick with whatever imperfections exist for ever.
* What features users desire evolve in time, and if you don’t update, you won’t get them.

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