[geeks] Oldest OS Still Developed

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 @ 16:43 -0400, James Fogg said:

> > The next version of DOS/VSE will require a 64-bit machine,
> > which will end-of-life support for 31-bit systems that are
> > still running.
> >
> > IBM must hold the record for how long they'll support a system.
> 
> 
> If I spent millions on a system, 1 million or more on yearly support,
> and millions on software and custom software development and built all
> my business practices around all this, I'd be really pissed if IBM
> dropped anything until it was old, rusty and wrung out.

So would I, but a lot of companies have a habit of screwing even big
customers.


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