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Originally posted by spuzzzzzzz
But not all programs are open source (and therefore can't be recompiled for a new CPU). Lots of businesses have ancient programs for old architectures still running. If they want to upgrade to anything modern, they need to invest a lot of money in getting new software and retraining everyone. This tool can help in these circumstances by allowing them to keep the old software after upgrading.
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Hence my comment about the short shelf life
Of course a lot of legacy programs stick around for decades, but most of those are in-house, so source is available.
It's seldom really worth moving these things off the existing OS, unless it's just impossible to keep up with performance demands without completely different hardware.
I guess we are a little off-topic by now
