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There was a fair amount of software written for DOS that never made the jump to Windows (or any other OS) and some combination of hasn't been economically viabl
by blihp 5y ago
There was a fair amount of software written for DOS that never made the jump to Windows (or any other OS) and some combination of hasn't been economically viable to redevelop and/or people just really liked the way the DOS app worked.
One common use case was control/monitoring software for some specialized piece of external hardware such as test/measurement equipment, security, HVAC etc. Much of this has modern substitutes available on current platforms, but it requires replacing the hardware as well as the software. Given that people paid 5+ figures for this stuff back in the day and if it still works, might as well keep using it until the wheels come off.