Quick question before you sign that software quote: what platform is it actually built on?
A lot of dev teams default to .NET Framework 4.8 because it’s what they’ve always used. It’s not malice — it’s habit. But habit is exactly the problem. Microsoft already treats 4.8 as legacy technology. If your “brand-new” system is built on it, the obsolescence clock starts ticking the day it ships, not years down the road.
Here’s what that habit actually costs you: aging tooling, a shrinking pool of developers who know it well, and a system that needs “a rebuild” far sooner than it should. You paid full price for new software that was already behind the moment it launched.
A current ASP.NET Core build costs the same up front. The difference is it’s actually current — not current-feeling. No hidden countdown, no surprise rebuild in three years.
Before anyone signs off on a quote, ask which platform it’s really built on. It’s a fair question, and a good partner will have a straight answer.
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