[necheffa]

> These are the companies you want to be at IMHO. Provided the compensation is adequate, slow and stable > fast and pivot-y.

Absolutely...not.

Slow does not mean stable. Slow means the floor is rotting out from under you constantly.

Being prudent about when and where to upgrade is a very active, intentional process that the typical company simply don't have the stomach or skill for.

[chasil]

We are still running OS2200 EXEC-8.

That platform got SMP in 1964.

[throwaway894345]

Yeah, eventually you will have to upgrade and deal with all of the accumulated debt. You don’t have to be on the bleeding edge but you should still be updating regularly.