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What's up with all this "My 20 year old software still works!!!". Who actually runs unmaintained abandonware? I would rather prefer OS devs not wasting time mai

What's up with all this "My 20 year old software still works!!!". Who actually runs unmaintained abandonware? I would rather prefer OS devs not wasting time maintaining legacy cruft and evolve with the times.

p_ing 2y ago
I play Silent Hunter III which was released in 2005. Also Half-Life sometimes. Everything older is going to be console games. Businesses run the old stuff.
Saris 2y ago
Lots of embedded stuff will have control software that's very old.
zdragnar 2y ago
Is this sarcasm? Some of my favorite games are 20 years old. Windows is popular in a lot of manufacturing spaces because the equipment software doesn't get updated and only connects to old programs over 16 bit serial ports. There's a whole world out there of legacy software that is happily churning along, and doesn't need to be updated.
- tormeh 2y ago
  Okay, but then you could also keep it running on an old OS. Fork out the money for a RHEL license, and just never upgrade.
  - Dylan16807 2y ago
    But I don't want to run a separate machine with 15, 20, 25 year old hardware to keep that OS working.
tobinfekkes 2y ago
I still play Total Annihilation, from 1997. Great game.
tormeh 2y ago
People object to this approach, but Apple does this, and they seem to be doing fine.
timewizard 2y ago
> Who actually runs unmaintained abandonware? Personal computers are for persons. They don't view their use of their own systems through the lens of an imputed purity test. > I would rather prefer OS devs not wasting time maintaining legacy cruft and evolve with the times. Then don't support those who do with your dollars. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the market shows it disagrees with you.
flohofwoe 2y ago
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon 2 is still the best railroad game and runs great on modern Windows versions, it's now nearly 30 years old: https://store.steampowered.com/app/7620/Railroad_Tycoon_II_Platinum/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/7620/Railroad_Tycoon_II_P... I return to that game for a few quick sessions every couple of months.

p_ing 2y ago

I play Silent Hunter III which was released in 2005. Also Half-Life sometimes. Everything older is going to be console games. Businesses run the old stuff.

Saris 2y ago

Lots of embedded stuff will have control software that's very old.

zdragnar 2y ago

Is this sarcasm? Some of my favorite games are 20 years old. Windows is popular in a lot of manufacturing spaces because the equipment software doesn't get updated and only connects to old programs over 16 bit serial ports. There's a whole world out there of legacy software that is happily churning along, and doesn't need to be updated.

tormeh 2y ago
Okay, but then you could also keep it running on an old OS. Fork out the money for a RHEL license, and just never upgrade.
- Dylan16807 2y ago
  But I don't want to run a separate machine with 15, 20, 25 year old hardware to keep that OS working.

tobinfekkes 2y ago

I still play Total Annihilation, from 1997. Great game.

tormeh 2y ago

People object to this approach, but Apple does this, and they seem to be doing fine.

timewizard 2y ago

> Who actually runs unmaintained abandonware? Personal computers are for persons. They don't view their use of their own systems through the lens of an imputed purity test. > I would rather prefer OS devs not wasting time maintaining legacy cruft and evolve with the times. Then don't support those who do with your dollars. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the market shows it disagrees with you.

flohofwoe 2y ago

Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon 2 is still the best railroad game and runs great on modern Windows versions, it's now nearly 30 years old: https://store.steampowered.com/app/7620/Railroad_Tycoon_II_Platinum/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/7620/Railroad_Tycoon_II_P... I return to that game for a few quick sessions every couple of months.