On the heels of the &quot;Rails is old and gray&quot; discussions that have popped up here recently, I have to wonder: at what point is it necessary to accept a given framework is past its prime, even if it is still being used?  If the abandoned project is open-sourced and the community can take care of it from there, great, but what about developers who can&#x27;t spare extra labor to fix bugs, vulnerabilities, etc.<p>I&#x27;m just a little concerned about how rapidly things are changing and being forgotten in the process. You can&#x27;t blame a for-profit company for abandoning a project that drags on growth, but how will future historians piece together the lives in our time when operating systems and web app frameworks are abandoned and forgotten?<p>Edit: I am reminded of a statement from an Economist article on this issue: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.economist.com&#x2F;node&#x2F;21553445" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.economist.com&#x2F;node&#x2F;21553445</a>