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Frameworks evolve and adapt to changing needs. But they try to stick to their core design philosophies. Django's philosophy is quite general[1] and might stand the test of time.

Some of the reasons Rails and Django might fall into legacy could be the due to the underlying language itself. If Python continues to be affected by GIL related multiprogramming issues or lack of stronger types, then the associated web frameworks like Django would also be affected. Then there are always non-technical factors like hype and community interest.

Currently, Rails and Django have crossed a certain critical mass in adoption, they are effective for a majority of web programming usecases and have a thriving third party developer community. So my guess is that it would be pretty much a solid choice in 2016 as well.

[1]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/misc/design-philosophi...