Legacy isn’t a dirty word
As a comment to a 37Signals post “Predicting ‘06: Enterprise is the new legacy” (probably more on that at some later date) Chad Fowler made the very good observation:
Careful. “Legacy” isn’t a bad word. “Legacy” usually means tried, true, and of enough value that it lasted long enough to be old and outdated.
To mock “Legacy” is to look at the successes of the past and to declare that they aren’t to be revered or respected. Most of what runs our economies is “Legacy”.
In the future, I hope that the software I’m creating now was highly regarded enough that it’s still around and being referred to as “Legacy”.