>"Protocols change, programming languages change, human languages change, boarders change, definitions of time change, laws change, sensors change, and on and o

>"Protocols change, programming languages change, human languages change, boarders change, definitions of time change, laws change, sensors change, and on and on." I have 17 years old Windows desktop product that I've long abandoned. But it is exactly this: single exe with everything compiled in. It uses DirectX 9 and Directshow. It still runs fine without any tweaking. It even compiles fine from source code. So from a practical standpoint it is maintenance free.