If you give that sentence more context, it becomes clearer what the author was hoping to be able to do with the old code. It's not merely "keep this old DOS ac

If you give that sentence more context, it becomes clearer what the author was hoping to be able to do with the old code. It's not merely "keep this old DOS accounting app working for the local auto mechanic". > First, these software have been written for MS-DOS and therefore require a rather old computer to use them. This leads to two more issues: not everyone can easily use them, and it is nearly impossible to interface them with other software. > We have been asked to build a Proof Of Concept (POC) to transform these programs into web services in a week This person is a museum curator, so there's a good reason (society benefit) for their desire to transform something from the old computing world into something people can appreciate and understand in today's context.