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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> Is this simply for people discovering security vulnerabilities and patching them?
That’s a big part of it, but also they need to make sure the software still works with everything else on the computer. If there’s a Windows update, they need to make sure that that doesn’t break the software.
Also, implicit in maintaining software is that you’re maintaining customer service for that software. When a company stops maintaining software, that’s when they also stop answering customer questions regarding it.
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