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I agree with this point: age isn't the measure of usefulness, popularity is
Something might be 10yrs old and uaed by many people... and also something 10 months old is no longer used.
Also, just a thought, if it's "old" it's probably a standard too, so probably doesn't actually need much (relative term) effort to maintain...