> the hardware lifetime "naturally" limits the lifetime of such applications
Oh, my sweet summer child. Of all the things that "naturally" limits the lifetime of such applications, that is not it. Consider the case of the mainframes running the US banking system, for example.
Oh, my sweet summer child. Of all the things that "naturally" limits the lifetime of such applications, that is not it. Consider the case of the mainframes running the US banking system, for example.