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It’s usually to run some old, proprietary software that only has a Windows version.
by supernintendo 7y ago
It’s usually to run some old, proprietary software that only has a Windows version.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago"Old, proprietary software" describes something like 80% of all the software keeping the modern world going.
- AstralStorm 7y agoSome of it is new software. South Korean love of ActiveX for example, a technology dead for at least 10 years. Still getting new stuff written. On the contrary, most critical software is plenty new - things like MS Office. Still bound to Windows. The remaining systems rely on truly custom software and should be either airgapped (so no RDP) or rewritten. I'm thinking industrial - they should've planned for this many years beforehand. There were instances back when Windows XP was the main driver.