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I'm accepting donations to help me do my own startup, I am disabled and trying to get well enough to get back into IT again.
I also remember people deleting their registry.dat file in Windows 95 because it was too big. If they backed up to tape, they could restore it; if not, Windows 95 was screwed.
I have a feeling factories will use H1B Visas to bring in immigrants to do the work and fire them as soon as the H1B Visa expires, and hire all new H1B Visa workers.
It also removed the annoying ads and other crap. It can be turned off manually but it is hard to find all those settings.
Of course, when Commodore went bankrupt, the fun ended. They didn't innovate or market like the Apple Macintosh or IBM PC Clones.
You can still program in BASIC with PC-BASIC: https://robhagemans.github.io/pcbasic/ BASIC was always fun to use.
There were some Turbo C and Turbo Pascal source code that read DBF files, but hardly anyone used them. Most stored data is in text files that can be read by any application.
With changes in WINE and Photon added to ReactOS, it could be playing games. It could be using more modern Windows programs. Notice it is still in alpha release.
It is registered until October, where there will be a bidding war or first come first server basis unless it renews.