I don't think I've ever seen a system fall over and be replaced. Systems don't fail and get replaced - companies do. Systems at profitable companies keep on chugging along.
Occasionally someone suggests a major rewrite but that usually fails when it doesn't reach feature parity, nevermind meet the expectations of all the new features which were thrown at it to justify the expenditure.
Occasionally someone suggests a major rewrite but that usually fails when it doesn't reach feature parity, nevermind meet the expectations of all the new features which were thrown at it to justify the expenditure.