Assume only 10% of the current software will be relevant after 10 years

p333347 9 years ago |

The only ones I am willing to wager on are corporate infrastructure related software and domain specific software (like CAD tools, movie animation tools etc). For similar legacy reasons, I am willing to add Linux derivatives and GNU C compiler, but won't wager on them.

acagle 9 years ago | |

Thanks to Minecraft, I expect a whole new batch of Java developers over the next several years.

mod 9 years ago | | |

Didn't it get ported after MS bought it?

Zergy 9 years ago | | |

It got ported for Consoles/Mobile. Porting the PC version would cause every existing mod to stop working, which would be huge, I can't think of a single person I know who plays stock Minecraft.

romanovcode 9 years ago | | |

It also got ported for Windows, that's why it is in "beta" for now at Windows Store. It's being rewritten in C++.

ThePawnBreak 9 years ago |

vim, emacs, linux, chrome, jvm, windows, directx, visual studio, javascript, C++, google, facebook, aws, gcc, llvm, photoshop.

victorhugo31337 9 years ago |

TCP/IP/Ethernet

AnimalMuppet 9 years ago |

In addition to what others have said: Lisp and Haskell will still be around and relevant. (Relevant being defined as "as relevant as they are today or better", not as "large fractions of new software being written in them".)

Hate to say it, but I'd bet that Windows in some form will still be around, with an API that is recognizably similar to today's.

samfisher83 9 years ago |

Excel. Going on 30 year strong.

flukus 9 years ago |

GNU tools. I expect them to be relevant longer than I am.

veddox 9 years ago |

Looking at what's already been around for >10 years:

vim, emacs, linux, windows, mac os x, nethack (plus a whole stack of programming languages like C).

ThePawnBreak 9 years ago | |

That's an excellent observation. Probably a better question would be what software younger than 10 years will still be around in 10 years. I'm thinking Go, Rust, Servo, DeepMind, Uber, Slack, Android, iOS (not sure about the age of the last 2), all the cloud providers' software, and a lot of other stuff. Probably docker as well.

Davidbrcz 9 years ago |

Linux

saretired 9 years ago |

TeX/LaTeX

LarryMade2 9 years ago |

Quickbooks on a Windows 7 machine

twunde 9 years ago |

Containers (not Docker per se but descendants of it and competitors). Driverless vehicles

thellimist 9 years ago |

https://www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/06/28/best-cms-2016/

jbms 9 years ago |

Matlab/Simulink. Brilliant tool, and lots of brainpower and money being invested in continuously developing it.

collyw 9 years ago |

Fucking Facebook probably.

chadcmulligan 9 years ago |

C compilers

niftich 9 years ago |

UEFI

NaCl crypto / libsodium

HTTP/2+ over QUIC over UDP

wasm

billconan 9 years ago |

photoshop, autocad