[Info-vax] Internationalization

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Tue Jan 1 19:39:49 EST 2019


On 1/1/2019 7:29 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2019-01-01, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> Software is in some ways easier than hardware.  Most likely there is no
>> option of new VAX, Alpha, and soon itanic CPUs.  Not saying it cannot
>> happen, but the cost will be rather high, and there will be alternatives.
>>
>> But best thing is, software does not break.  What it did yesterday, it
>> will do today, and tomorrow.
> 
> Oh, yes it does break.
> 
> For example, there's some environment change (such as a change in minimum
> TLS version or you have to move from unencrypted communications to
> encrypted communications) or it's discovered the software had additional
> undocumented functionality (also known as a vulnerability).

That is not software breaking but requirements changing.

Arne




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