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In this case it would be to prepare for the inevitable death of the last machine in the office that can actually run it.
by jandrese 4y ago
In this case it would be to prepare for the inevitable death of the last machine in the office that can actually run it.
- icedchai 4y agoWith emulation, it can run forever.
- squarefoot 4y agoAnd faster, safer and future proof. I wouldn't be surprised at all if most 30+ years old software ran better on modern machines under a VM than say on 15 years old hardware without emulation.
- josephg 4y agoFaster, yes. But not all of the things modern software does is pointless overhead. For anything networked, modern crypto is a must have if you’re going to interoperate with other devices. And I wouldn’t trust a windows 95 virtual machine connected directly to my corporate network.
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- squarefoot 4y agoI didn't try, but firewalling the VM shouldn't be hard since it talks through a virtual dedicated interface. Also, one can isolate it from the network and use only shared directories with the host so it can read and write files without going online.
- bombcar 4y agoThe death of the user is more likely than the death of the ability to run the spreadsheet; updating can wait until that time if necessary.