You can make a lot of money supporting a dying technology, right before you're unable to make a dime. Demand decreases in terms of number of customers, but increases in terms of intensity among those who need it. Supply and demand both go to zero, but not at the same rate.
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I still consider myself an expert in Token Ring networking technology; DMs are open.
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We kept an IBM 486 PC running for more than 10 years because software we needed once a year wouldn't run on "new" computers. The vendor wouldn't convert or even share the code. The software automated nomographs from the '40s & '50s for designs fielded thru thec'60s.
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Also, remember Powerbuilder?
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Related: fads, economic bubbles.
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I noticed this in the late 90s too. Learned COBOL and right out of high school and was immediately making, what seemed to 18 year old me, tons of cash fixing HEB mainframe apps for y2k.
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