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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When software is written it knows how to talk to all of the devices that are necessary for it to function. However, while the software is in use, new devices are manufactured. The software doesn’t know how to talk to those devices so it needs an update. The update will allow the software to communicate to the new devices and the cycle continues when an even newer device is created.
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