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Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I like that idea bit it'll never fly. That software is an asset. A bankrupt company needs every asset to be sold to cover as much percentage of their debt to their vendors as possible. I've been in a company that went bankrupt and I've been the vendor of a company that went bankrupt. Being the vendor was the harder experience.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I'm sure it makes the bean counters happier to have another asset valued at X amount, but in practice the software will just be locked in some vault where it won't do anyone any good.

Its an instance where the number on the screen doesn't actually correspond to any useful economic activity.