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keyletoday at 2:52 AM1 replyview on HN

Many companies only have legacy software/server/services running on windows.


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jamesfinlaysontoday at 5:07 AM

Yeah, I worked at a company with a Windows application dating from the early 1990s - I suspect it was a case of them needing to move off some ancient hardware and software and Linux was in its infancy and Unix was probably still quite expensive.