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Depending on what you exactly expect from Windows Server, it has longer support due to great software compatibly Microsoft provides. Upgrading Windows Server e

by okanat 2y ago

Depending on what you exactly expect from Windows Server, it has longer support due to great software compatibly Microsoft provides. Upgrading Windows Server editions since 2008 is usually way smoother than upgrading Linux distros because basically everything keeps working more or less the same, often without needing to reconfigure them. Linux world changes things often and breaking compatibility between versions is expected.

cjk2 2y ago
Yeah this. I only shot an win32 c++ win32 desktop app I compiled for NT4 in 1999 about 2 years ago and that was running on Windows Server 2016 fine. It was resurrected earlier this year again. futzed a bit by someone else to fix some deprecated windows APIs, couple of bugs fixed, recompiled and is now 64 bit on windows server 2022. 150kloc took a day to fix for someone.