Book part: The Durability of Software
Abstract
Software is neither material nor immaterial but
durable, entrenched and scaffolded. In this article
we suggest that services and software should be
understood through the diverse forms of durability
and temporality they take. We borrow concepts from
evolution and development, but with a critical eye
towards the diagnosis of value(s) and the need for
constant maintenance. We look at examples from
diverse cases—infrastructural software, military
software, operating systems and file systems.
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