From his perspective but not from the perspective of those who still need to maintain the systems using 16-bit apps. The costs of emulation and virtualization o

From his perspective but not from the perspective of those who still need to maintain the systems using 16-bit apps. The costs of emulation and virtualization outweigh the cost of deploying a 32-bit version of Windows for them. Emulation and virtualization aren't always an option. For instance if the application is used to support a piece of hardware that needs to be physically connected. Also some methods of copy protection or license validation used then will not work with emulation or virtualization.