XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 08:34:34 -0400, CrudeSausage    
   wrote:   
      
   >> I don't know about Linux, but Windows 11 cannot run programs that are   
   >> used to read or create older documents, and if you put earlier   
   >> versions on a new computer Microsoft won't let you run them. Windows   
   >> XP, the 32-bit version anyway, should be made open source.   
   >   
   >There is a compatibility mode in the new versions of Windows which do   
   >indeed allow you to run old software. It was demonstrated that you can   
   >fairly easily run software made even for Windows 3.0. Please produce a   
   >few examples of old programs which don't run _at all_ in Windows 11, and   
   >I'm sure that someone with some time on their hands will not only   
   >install and run the software, but explain how to get it working.   
      
   A database program called "Inmagic" for one (there are several   
   others).   
      
      
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