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Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

Instead of using old proprietary shit you could use Linux or *BSD with a vintage desktop environment and have a blast

I'm not sure you get it.

The CnC operator, for instance, didn't choose windows; they chose the CnC machine because it's best at making wood into shapes they need. It came with 'a computer' to control it. That computer had a desktop and an icon.

You see how CHOOSING THE OS wasn't on the list? They chose - and fucking get this - A CNC MACHINE out of a printed catalogue with a 30-word write-up. The number of CnC machines with a Unix or Linux or BSD or BeOS install on them in 2000 was - drumroll please - zero.

If you want to fix that, you're going to need a time machine. Remember to bring your flag with you.

Go learn about ReactOS, too.