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> Windows is really just a legacy OS now As much as I dislike Windows, there is a whole world of "enterprise" software running on Windows that isn't going away
by lobster_johnson 12y ago
> Windows is really just a legacy OS now
As much as I dislike Windows, there is a whole world of "enterprise" software running on Windows that isn't going away. SQL Server and Active Directory come to mind as Microsoft products being heavily and actively invested in by the enterprise.
If you're in the Ruby/Python/Go/Docker/whatever echo chamber it's easy to miss the other echo chambers out there. There are tons of companies out there still making a decent living from developing and maintaining software in curiously tenacious tech like Delphi, FileMaker and MUMPS.
- drcode 12y ago> There are tons of companies out there still making a decent living from developing and maintaining software in curiously tenacious tech like Delphi, FileMaker and MUMPS. Right, those are the very definition of legacy software... so where is your disagreement with me?
- lobster_johnson 12y agoThose were two separate, unrelated points (though a lot of people would disagree that Delphi and MUMPS are legacy software, though FileMaker surely is).