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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Security (patches against new threats and vulnerabilities)

Space (enterprise applications filling up with data that needs to be purged)

Compatibility (with new browsers / plugins / drivers)

Integration (with new systems)

Money (sometimes there’s nothing to maintain and you just need a way to extend billing cycles 🙂

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