Have you ever peered into the abyss of the Japanese web? There, many "old castles" lie abandoned, stuck in time, exuding the stench of decay.
Once, Joomla! built a golden age from 1.x to 2.x, attracting many devotees. But its glow is now like the "will-o'-the-wisp" emanating from a lordless ruin.
Chained by the Ghosts of the Past
Each time we crawl through the darkness of search results, we encounter them: sites that refuse to climb the luminous stairs of the latest 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x, choosing instead to remain in the damp underworld.
They say, "We can only operate on this version." It's merely the excuse of ghosts who have bound themselves with chains named "past glory."
"Persistence" is sometimes romanticized. However, in the world of technology, it often transforms into a curse called "stagnation."
The "Mirage" of a Fork
Even stranger is the sweet whisper of a "fork" that arose before the demise of 3.x. "We can rebuild it ourselves," "We can continue using it"... Those who brandished groundless hopes, and the lost souls who blindly believed them.
In the end, that mirage bore no fruit, only delaying the sole salvation of "migrating to the latest version." All that remained after continuous belief was an even deeper, darker swamp of stagnation.
Dawn Lies Beyond "Annihilation"
I am utterly weary of the piles of defunct extension corpses that appear with every search. Each time a page opens, it feels as if the resentment of the past is leaking from the cracks of old vulnerabilities.
When will Japanese Joomla! truly evolve?
It will likely be... When these ghosts, clinging to the past, completely turn to ash, scattering as digital dust.
A snake that cannot shed its old skin will eventually suffocate itself. Perhaps it is in the scorched earth, after everything has vanished, that the seeds of true "evolution" will sprout.
