Linked by Kroc Camen on Mon 22nd Jun 2009 12:16 UTC
Software moves on at a break-neck pace these days--version numbers clock up ever quicker as vendors try to market their apps as the latest and greatest. Software generally ages badly, falling into a state of looking grossly out of date, lacking new functionality that we've come to depend upon as well as compatibility problems. Dear OSNews readers, what old software (5+ years) do you still use, why, and what problems do you come across in sticking with it? Read More for my own contribution to the list
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2005-10-02
Windows Server 2003 (6 years, but it still receive updates).
Borland Delphi 7 - occasionally issues with security settings (file permissions) when running as 'standard user'.
MP Compressor (1997) - butt old but works, but it has issues with security settings (file permissions) when running as 'standard user'.
Autocad 2002 - it has issues with security settings when running as 'standard user' (file permissions and read/write access to privileged areas in the registry database)
Parts of Office XP and parts of Office 2003 (a matter of licensing issues - I'm not using warez, so I'm using a blend of what I'm allowed to).
Don't get me started on games...
EDIT: On Linux everything is reasonably new, though Firestarter is beginning to look old
Edited 2009-06-22 14:13 UTC