RE: Maintaining Legacy Products: Everything Old is New Again

DAB — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:43:49 GMT

AMEN!

Some of my most challenging projects were extending the life of old or obsolete equipment to keep the project on track.

Still, there is tremendous self satisfaction that comes from doing the near "impossible" when all of the new guys and smart guys all say to just buy or build a new device.

Back in my early days, the cost was 10% for software and 90% hardware. You quickly learned to toss nothing away. It was too expensive.

Even today, just because hardware is obsolete in a few years, they still represent an expense and the fruggle always look for ways to extend its life.

Besides, those are the driving issues that created many a Maker, who would look at an old discarded device and decides to make it do new things better. That is why Making is the test of skill and innovation we all know and love.

Just my opinion,

DAB