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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by trap_goes_hot on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:42PM (#32989559)
>I'm mostly not interested in running 10 year old applications unless they're something fairly simple that really does do everything required for the purpose and still runs reliably.

The 10 year old version of AutoCAD still runs, and you can use it today to do a ton of high-value CAD work. Thanks to Microsoft for not arbitrarily blocking it from running.

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by ghaff on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:52PM (#32989667)
Yes. But that’s a case of having an old version of a program that you know still runs on a given platform. That’s rather different from looking for a CAD program and deciding to take one that hasn’t been updated for ten years for a spin.
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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by trap_goes_hot on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:27PM (#32989959)
Backwards compatibility benefits current, and future users. I agree that "hasn't been updated" is a concern, but you can also look for "hasn't needed to be updated". If you can obtain a legal copy of 10 year old software, you can use it for the fraction of the cost of the new version.
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