http://christopherrichardson.sys-con.com/ Latest News from Christopher Richardson en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:58:54 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://christopherrichardson.sys-con.com/node/180374 The novel A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge is set in the distant future. The character Pham Nuwen is responsible for maintaining software whose components are thousands of years old. Today, however, it's difficult to imagine maintaining an Enterprise Java application for more than a few years. More often than not, the application is tightly coupled to infrastructure frameworks that evolve rapidly in ways that don't preserve backwards compatibility. Consequently, upgrading to a new and improved framework can be challenging and risky.<p><a href="http://christopherrichardson.sys-con.com/node/180374" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:15:00 EST http://christopherrichardson.sys-con.com/node/180374 http://christopherrichardson.sys-con.com/node/180374#feedback