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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
As far as I am concerned, it came to a head with Windows 7 cutting off their 16 bit legacy programs. It was a clear and open choice by Microsoft, for no other reason to force legacy Windows users to buy more software from Microsoft.
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To be fair to Microsoft, they were probably trying to reduce their support and development costs. That's particularly true when you consider how flakey older software can be on modern systems even with concerted efforts to support old software.
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My software cost now approach $0 over time, and I truly don't care if you think I'm obsolete. As to the Internet - those new USB size computers at $100 USD or less....
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Agreed on both counts. I have a Raspberry Pi and it works quite well for almost everything except web browsing, even with "heavy applications" like LibreOffice. Even with the latest version of Mathematica, providing you aren't doing anything too computationally or memory intensive.