Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole?
by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:39AM
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A ton of software from that era stopped working when XP was released. For instance storing settings in an application's installation folder was common until Microsoft stopped it. Anything that ran as a service but interacted with the desktop was out of luck. This idea that everything from that period continues to run is a myth.
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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole?
by emsy on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:46AM
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I never said everything. But a lot of the software still works. Some work with minor workarounds. Of course some programs will break with an update. But in my opinion creating a culture where an update is expected for software that is a couple of months old at best is really unhealthy.
Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole?
by LoSboccacc on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:23PM
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no? all these things are just a couple configuration away from working.
the real things that were dropped since then were 32 bit protected mode apps, and for such you have plenty options for both virtualizing and paravirtualizing.
I can boot basically any other version of Windows under my windows system using Microsoft provided software.
I can even just go boot up older version of Windows on current hardware if needed be, up to a point.
almost everything from eighties to today I am able to run one way another, nothing "stopped" working.
Apple physically removes old software from their delivery platform or signing servers and if you lose your devices it's lost forever
how does it even compare?