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Re:Large Round of Layoffs Expected at Microsoft by neutronman on Thursday July 17, 2014 @01:34AM (#8046191)
They sold Windows 3.1 until the year 2008. I would agree that they spend way too many resources on the past.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1x

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Re:Large Round of Layoffs Expected at Microsoft by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday July 17, 2014 @02:01AM (#8046247)
They still sell embedded DOS. Supporting legacy products is good customer service. It's not like they were spending tons of resources to maintain the code.
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