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Ever heard of "sandboxes" or "virtual machines"?
> JUst finishing a system security course, I came to the
> same conclusion about cutting the life support on
> legacy. However, my opinion was sternly downed by the
> professor as rubish. So, the problem is that IT people
> are being taught that legacy must be supported, and
> they must continue to use old outdated software with
> security holes, soley because it is what the old foggey
> IT people are used to sad.

I've had old dBASE IV compiled EXE's, *COMPLETE WITH DOS4GW MEMORY MANAGEMENT RUN UNDER LINUX* thanks to "dosbox", homepage http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

The ultimate acheivement was to install Windows 3.1 (yes I have original floppies) on dosbox *UNDER LINUX* so that I could run Chessmaster 3000. The emulation is flawless... Chessmaster 3000 beats me mercilessly every time.

Dosbox is free, Open Source, and runs on X86 (including AMD) systems. There are ports for linux, *BSD, OS/2, and even Windows.

And if you want to go whole-hog, a VM (Virtual Machine) is another option.
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Naw...  Linux User 147560 | 09/29/06
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No rain's here  Justin Carmichael | 09/29/06
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The only solution to past problems ...  Henaway | 09/29/06
Legacy Support  agies1@... | 09/29/06
Re: Legacy Support  too_much green_tea | 09/29/06
or...  LinuxHippie | 09/29/06
AMEN!!  tribeliker | 09/29/06
Ever heard of "sandboxes" or "virtual machines"?  Knorthern Knight | 09/29/06
Wet Behind Ears  wjkahlssmd@... | 10/01/06
Great Idea  the_seb | 10/02/06
Your promotion of dropping legacy  djc1309@... | 09/29/06
I wish that MS would use a stable and secure kernel  Dr-T | 09/29/06
I have a theory about Microsoft and backwards compat...  Linux User 147560 | 09/30/06
Funny you say that  Suicida| | 09/30/06
have U heard of Intel and Itamium ? nt  michael_t | 09/30/06
Instead of denying users the use of IE7...  bportlock | 09/29/06
IE7...  darthgummibear | 09/30/06
Boeing Right, Integrating Browser Was Bad Idea  mighetto | 09/29/06
Integrating IE has little to do with this  PB_z | 09/29/06
It has everything to do with it...  techboy_z | 09/29/06
Kernel privileges?  PB_z | 09/30/06
Yes, but ...  phburks | 10/01/06
I agree  darthgummibear | 09/30/06
Integrating Browser Was An OK Idea  LinuxAndWindows | 10/02/06
They should be called "Zero Brain" attacks  rlee@... | 09/29/06
It's not about 'properly protecting networks'  Zeppo9191 | 09/29/06
Oh really?  techboy_z | 09/29/06
Your response makes no sense  TripleII | 09/29/06
I think he meant filtering  Suicida| | 09/29/06
Thanks  TripleII | 09/30/06
Zero Brain is right  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
Silly rabbit  moonchacha | 09/30/06
You just go on believing that happy  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
Your respose is flawed  happ99 | 10/01/06
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what about us  happ99 | 09/30/06
When is Microsoft gonna get it?!  Zeppo9191 | 09/29/06
WTF??!?!?!?!!!?!?!!  Suicida| | 09/29/06
Missing the point entirely...  Zeppo9191 | 10/02/06
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heh...  darthgummibear | 09/30/06
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an expensive patch...  darthgummibear | 09/30/06
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Information Bar?  interested_amateur@... | 10/01/06
Active X  happ99 | 10/01/06
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yup...  darthgummibear | 09/30/06
FIX THE HTML CONTROL, MICROSOFT!  Resuna | 09/29/06
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