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Old 08-24-2011, 11:52 AM
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Old 08-24-2011, 11:55 AM
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Old 08-24-2011, 01:24 PM
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Are you talking about your equipment?
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Old 08-24-2011, 01:25 PM
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They call it:
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Believe me, sometimes upgrading that stuff is a real bitch. When I was still developing software, I was migrating a totally functioning legacy system to new technology. The investment the company can have to make into doing that kind of thing can be absolutely massive.
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Old 08-24-2011, 03:12 PM
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Believe me, sometimes upgrading that stuff is a real bitch. When I was still developing software, I was migrating a totally functioning legacy system to new technology. The investment the company can have to make into doing that kind of thing can be absolutely massive.
Oh I believe it. I just think the word "Legacy" used in that context is so donkey.
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Oh I believe it. I just think the word "Legacy" used in that context is so donkey.
I see your point there. When I hear about anything legacy my first thought is immediately "Oh shit".
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Are you talking about your equipment?
It's more like data warehouses and forecasting tools. It's pure heehawful.
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My company "recently" underwent a merger so it's legacy this and legacy that all damn day. Worst thing is half the office uses excel 2003 (.xls) and the other 2007 (.xlsx) which causes all sorts of ridiculous compatibility issues with "legacy" tools... I'm so looking forward to upgrading everyone to 2010.
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It's not stuff that's no longer useful. It's stuff that is still useful/needed and is too expensive to replace, despite being old and crappy .
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