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Sustainability is the ultimate goal for any software. If a future for software is not secured, the time and money invested in its development is wasted. With this level of importance placed on software sustainability, it is no surprise that a number of myths have sprung up around how to achieve it.

On 29 October 2009, Neil Chue Hong, the Director of OMII-UK, presented a public lecture 'Software Sustainability: Looking Past the Myths', at the e-Science Institute. In the lecture, Neil discussed OMII-UK's long history of working with projects from the UK research community, achieving software sustainability and participating in sustainable projects. After discussing the misconceptions that led to the five sustainability myths, Neil takes a look at OMII-UK's route for achieving software sustainability through engagement with the research community.