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by vanderZwan 2663 days ago
It probably has only gotten more responsive by virtue of being made to run fast on hardware from the early 2000s
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Baeocystin 2663 days ago
You're not wrong. I'll be genuinely sad when Windows eventually drops whatever API support allows it to keep running without emulation.
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Kye 2663 days ago
Microsoft is famously unwilling to let software stop working. Picasa will probably work forever.
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erik_seaberg 2663 days ago
Dropping Win16 was a bad sign. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost... talks about the back compat faction losing power at Microsoft.
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Kye 2663 days ago
Interesting read. A lot has changed in the almost 15 years since he published it. Has he done any followups?
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