The Neglect Trap
I joined a team in 2000 only to learn the platform I was training for was already obsolete. That platform was the HP 3000, and our organization ran a mission-critical business system across hundreds of mid-range servers. We were moving from green-screen terminals to a modern web application. The Internet era made this inevitable, but HP’s decision to kill the platform forced our hand. What followed took twelve years and taught me the true risk of platform migrations. ...