> When we all switched over to NT based systems we lost support DOS based software, > which still wasn't exactly uncommon at the time, and the 64-bit versions of Windows > already don't support 16-bit apps.
That's a CPU limitation rather than a Windows one; you can't virtualize the necessary mode when in x64 mode. > People have already become conditioned to the situation of not having full control > with the smartphone / tablet / netbook / console market. Even gamers I know want > locked down PCs because it will 'reduce cheating and hacking'.
Unfortunately that's true; every console that's been broken has promptly had its online games flooded with cheating griefers. It's almost a more popular activity than piracy at this point.
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