[Info-vax] Internationalization

[Dave Froble]

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).
>
> Simon.
>

I'm not going to argue that such happens, cause it does, however, it's 
not quite the same thing.  If you make any changes, then it's not the 
original software.

What I'm saying is that if nothing changes, the software will continue 
doing what it is set up to do.  It doesn't "break" as in a failed power 
supply, or any other HW issue.

What you're mentioning is changed requirements.  That's not, in my 
opinion, the software breaking.

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