I said “has value” not “runs.” I can virtualize Disk Defragmenter on a Windows 98 VM, but what value does that have? I can virtualize Visual Studio ‘97, but w

I said “has value” not “runs.” I can virtualize Disk Defragmenter on a Windows 98 VM, but what value does that have? I can virtualize Visual Studio ‘97, but what value does that have? The examples of old pay-once software that has no value to today is basically endless. Even the ones that still have value eventually get an open source competitor that surpasses them. For example, Gimp is certainly better than some very old versions of Photoshop, and a modern Linux distribution is better than an old version of Windows (even if you believe Windows 11 to be the best OS currently available).