Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoIt really depends what its used for.
Anything that is public facing would never work without constant maintenance and upgrades, be it a computer OS or some complex piece of hardware.
mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yup, also especially for industrial applications, requirements and needs absolutely can change, and that means having to work around the equipment. I have seen firsthand the experience of trying to get new features into ancient applications. (Made worse by the fact that we took on support for it because the original company which had created the program had gone under).