Do you realize how long 25 years is? Do you know what technology was like 25 years ago? As someone who works in the finance industry in nyc, I can honestly say I rarely see anything over 10 years old. And if it is that old, it deserves to fail. I know of 1 mainframe, and it isn't mission critical because of all the downtime it requires.
Ha. Any retired Cobol developer will most likely be dead by 2038; well into their 70s.
What were we coding on 25 years ago? Oh yea, 386's if you were lucky. ooo 40mb hard drive!!! Geeks piss and moan so much. It makes them feel wanted.
My point is technological evolution will solve 99.99999% of any of this. People will recall 32bits like putting your 286 into turbo 8mhz mode.
Oh yea, that whole financial industry that was supposed to collapse at Y2K.
In this context, if active applications encounter issues like these, they will be fixed well before any critical moment.
Joe schmo can't manage his tbills 2032... oh noes it's going to take us 6 years to fix that!
Developers like to whine so much. I have been coding long enough to know exactly how long 25 years is. 32bits will be but a fart in the wind.
Except that it wont happen for 25 years... FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, CHANGE... RUN!!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!! (in 25 years)...
With the acceleration of development that has been occurring over even the last 10 years, I hardly doubt there will be much to worry about 25 years from now.
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Do you realize how long 25 years is? Do you know what technology was like 25 years ago? As someone who works in the finance industry in nyc, I can honestly say I rarely see anything over 10 years old. And if it is that old, it deserves to fail. I know of 1 mainframe, and it isn't mission critical because of all the downtime it requires.
Ha. Any retired Cobol developer will most likely be dead by 2038; well into their 70s. What were we coding on 25 years ago? Oh yea, 386's if you were lucky. ooo 40mb hard drive!!! Geeks piss and moan so much. It makes them feel wanted. My point is technological evolution will solve 99.99999% of any of this. People will recall 32bits like putting your 286 into turbo 8mhz mode.
Oh yea, that whole financial industry that was supposed to collapse at Y2K. In this context, if active applications encounter issues like these, they will be fixed well before any critical moment. Joe schmo can't manage his tbills 2032... oh noes it's going to take us 6 years to fix that! Developers like to whine so much. I have been coding long enough to know exactly how long 25 years is. 32bits will be but a fart in the wind.
Except that it wont happen for 25 years... FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, CHANGE... RUN!!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!! (in 25 years)... With the acceleration of development that has been occurring over even the last 10 years, I hardly doubt there will be much to worry about 25 years from now.
laff..
fucking cool shit tho