20 Year Software: Engineering and Updates
https://adam.shostack.org/blog/2017/10/20-year-software-engineering-and-updates/ [adam.shostack.org]
2017-10-23 20:24
Twenty years ago, Windows 95 was the most common operating system. Yahoo and Altavista were our gateways to the internet. Steve Jobs just returned to Apple. Google didn’t exist yet. America Online had just launched their Instant Messenger. IPv6 was coming soon.
Zing! But the real question:
What else do we need to build software that survives for twenty years?