[jrockway]

> Why change a perfectly working system your customer does have no direct interaction with?

Because you can't buy replacement parts when something breaks?

[dev_dull]

Repairability is one of the defining qualities of “old stuff”

[dymk]

only the "old stuff" that survived. all the other "old stuff" (which is most of it) is in a landfill because it was irreparable.

[emilfihlman]

Of course, as is only natural.

Why change stuff that survived?

[jaas]

Seems like you're making quite the leap in assuming they can't buy effective replacement parts.

[jrockway]

I'm proposing a reason, that's all. I imagine whatever antiquated electronics they use are readily available at their scale on eBay. Like if I want a Commodore 64 for some reason, I can probably have one tomorrow. But if I need a thousand of them, that will be more difficult. Compare that to AWS, where if I need a thousand of their computers I can have them in 20 minutes.