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Microsoft Discontinues Windows 3.x

Posted by kdawson on from the an-application-has-expectedly-quit dept.

rugatero writes "The BBC reports that, as of last Saturday, Microsoft is no longer issuing licenses for the 18-year-old Windows 3.x. Many here may well be surprised to learn that anyone still has use for the antiquated software, but it seems to have found a home in a number of embedded systems — including cash registers and the in-flight entertainment systems on some long-haul passenger jets (Virgin and Qantas are cited). Considering Linux's credentials as an embedded OS, this news could very well indicate the possibility of more migrations in the pipeline."

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  1. why does it automaticly mean linux? by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll

    what nonsense. if their inflight system runs on windows it'd make a hell of a lot more sense to run it on xp/vista or something that's actually compatable (yes you can run win16 apps on vista). of course this is slashcrap so everything means linux. your linux is linux is all that linux.

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  2. Re:How dare they! by theaveng · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah single-tasking works since that's what DOS was designed for. But for multitasking the old DOS-based Windows is unstable.

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