For a lot of software that is not really true, especially on the client side. A lot of LoB software doesn't demand anything more; frontends with a bit of logic

For a lot of software that is not really true, especially on the client side. A lot of LoB software doesn't demand anything more; frontends with a bit of logic on top of a db. The fact that you get a lot of things out of the box does not mean they are required or expected. I guess everything working with a mouse would be the one thing that is expected, but that could be done in '96, just TP for DOS was not the best choice for that. You would take Delphi 2 for that if you were into Pascal. But sure there is software that does a lot more as well, luckily we did progress. But don't forget there are millions of (mostly Windows) programs in the world which could've been (and are still!) from that era or long before (Cobol machines in the basement).