• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    I loathe that quote, it’s so much more nuanced.

    A program from the 90s whose task is just to run a piece of machinery? Not broke, no problem

    A program from the 90s supporting the bulk of an entire countrys economy that literally can’t handle real-time transactions and causes numerous knock on effects as a result? Time replace the shit

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      27 days ago

      It’s because companies consider something that would be expensive to fix as “not broke.”