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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Find "py.exe" & copy it to "Python" (flat, no extension).
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 08:43:47 -0000 (UTC)
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On 9 May 2024 07:56:35 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> On Thu, 9 May 2024 05:35:39 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> Would you entrust mission-critical business operations to obsolete,
>> unsupported software?
> 
> You wouldn't sleep at night if you knew how many PSAPs run on obsolete,
> unsupported software.

Not my problem, it’s theirs.

> Particularly for mission critical operations people are reluctant to
> change what has been working for the last N years.

The flip side of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, is that if/when it 
does break, you discover that you have no idea how to fix it.

So they are just one crash away from total bankruptcy.

But hey, it’s a free, competitive market. Darwin in action, after all.