That is definitely an issue for web software. Less so for desktop software. The software I wrote in 2005 still runs (the licence is perpetual), if you can find an old enough version of Windows.
This is absolutely a thing in 2024. Or less drastically the many examples of a development team being cut, further development being sporadic and bug prone, and a detached and patronizing ticket system for support instituted.
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c) They don't trust that the tool will be around for a long time
That is definitely an issue for web software. Less so for desktop software. The software I wrote in 2005 still runs (the licence is perpetual), if you can find an old enough version of Windows.
This is absolutely a thing in 2024. Or less drastically the many examples of a development team being cut, further development being sporadic and bug prone, and a detached and patronizing ticket system for support instituted.