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> There aren't security updates From the story i get that this doesn't matter as it is a single isolated DOS program they run inside a VM. > older hardware be
by badsectoracula 7y ago
> There aren't security updates
From the story i get that this doesn't matter as it is a single isolated DOS program they run inside a VM.
> older hardware becomes harder and harder to get fixed
I'm sure you'll be able to find billions of computers that can run OS/2 in a VM both now and in the future.
- tombert 7y ago> I'm sure you'll be able to find billions of computers that can run OS/2 in a VM both now and in the future. Fair enough, I probably could have gotten it working in DOSBox at some point as well, further increasing the compatible devices, but that still doesn't deter from the fact that no one really knows Foxpro anymore. It's hard to fix bugs in dead languages.
- badsectoracula 7y agoAFAIK FoxPro is part of the xBase family of database systems and while these aren't as popular as they used to be, there is still a lot of information about them out there (and they were meant to be easy to learn and use). There are even some open source implementations (Harbour). So it shouldn't be that hard to fix things, at least for a good programmer. The hard part would be convincing said programmer to work on it :-P.