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You're not wrong. I'll be genuinely sad when Windows eventually drops whatever API support allows it to keep running without emulation.

• Kye 8y ago
  Microsoft is famously unwilling to let software stop working. Picasa will probably work forever.
  • erik_seaberg 8y ago
    Dropping Win16 was a bad sign. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost-the-api-war/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost... talks about the back compat faction losing power at Microsoft.
    • Kye 8y ago
      Interesting read. A lot has changed in the almost 15 years since he published it. Has he done any followups?