[ShadowAce]

[Mr. K]

I wish I could run a copy of the old DOS game called F-29 Retaliator ( i think) it was way too fun

[paulycy]

x64 OK?

[SecondAmendment]

Windows (32bit, 64bit, et al) was, is, and always will be fundamentally insecure due to the design decisions baked into the MS ecosystem and their emphasis on shiny new features over security and stability.

I am not saying this as a home hobbyist, but as a professional, degreed, computer scientist.

[TChris]

I call BS.

There are no such services as "CMDLINE" or "WOWCMDLINE" in Windows, nor any reasonable variations that I could think of.

[MarkL]

“I’m Janet Napolitano, and Windows 7 was my idea!”

Mark

[driftdiver]

The article starts with “One of the reasons I’ve never liked Windows “ so you know its a hit piece. Article is hogwash to sell copies of their software.

Unless of course you are still running msdos or 16 bit apps.

[discostu]

Not sure why he’s saying 16-bit Windows apps were out of date in 1993. He should probably cut back on the vinegar and stick with facts.

[VeniVidiVici]

I can guarantee you some schmo company is out there running 16-bit dos programs and not even in Windows.

[TChris]

Just as there is still a LOT of legacy FORTRAN and COBOL running out there on Big Iron systems, I suspect there is plenty of 16-bit Windows code and 8/16-bit DOS code still performing useful work.

I still think the Windows 3.x Terminal program was a far better basic VT-100 emulator than anything MS has included since. I got a lot of useful stuff done on a VAX by using it at a previous job, back in the early 90's.

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

And I’m as happy as can be with Windows on my 5 home PCs. Been using Windows since before 3.1 and would never buy a Mac. Mainly because I like to buy PCI cards of near any type/function and plug em in. I don’t know for sure but can I plug my 4 different tuner cards into a Mac and record and play back on (drive) my 58” plasma?

[KoRn]

"A security company called Immunity has already released an add-on to its program Canvass that can be used to show if your computer is vulnerable to attacks using this method."

This is a superb application. It's used for pen-testing, and is basically a 'hacker in a box'. However, I wonder if they didn't take Metasploit, made a few changes, and called it their 'own'. lol

[zeugma]

Honestly, is there anyone on Earth who's running Windows 3.1 applications on Windows 7? Or, Vista? Or, XP... you get the idea.

There are probably legacy applications out there that have a need for this, but in this day and age why in the world wouldn't you run such a subsystem in a vitrual machine?

[bitt]

I heard something was going to be issued this Saturday as a single patch??