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by bogantech 1293 days ago
> What is a dead operating system anyway

No longer maintained / barely changing, like MS-DOS, Mac OS 9, Amiga OS (which does occasionally get an update but usually not much in the way of core changes)

It's relevant because Windows is a moving target and the dead operating systems aren't so there's not a lot of support work needed for them nor will there be as much of a user base.