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    5 ANCIENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMS WE REFUSE TO GIVE UP

    Sep 03, 2019 4 minutes
    BY JD SARDAIN

    Last week I received an email notice from Microsoft informing me that, as of January 14, 2020, they will no longer support Windows 7, which I still have on one of my desktop computers. Why? Because I have some legacy software that is incompatible with Windows 8 and 10: dBase III+, Paint Shop Pro 7, PageMaker, several graphics programs and plug-ins—one is the first version of Andromeda, which offers some amazing graphic effects—and a few other applications that were originally DOS-based.

    WE’RE NOT ALONE

    I know I’m not alone in clinging to an ancient software program that’s exactly what

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