Ask HN: What's the oldest software you still use today?

#1

Post by onuralp » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

Inspired by the thread on ever-lasting software.

Re: Ask HN: What's the oldest software you still use today?

#2

Post by boznz » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:09 PM UTC

winamp 2.7 from 2001 for my mp3s. Still works fine on windows 10

#3

Post by vivalibre » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:20 PM UTC

Oldest as in oldest origin or oldest release?

Irfanview comes to mind as the default image viewer for Windows

#4

Post by facorreia » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:25 PM UTC

Probably vim.

#5

Post by billfruit » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

ed, emacs.

#6

Post by altsyset » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

WordPress?

#7

Post by digital_voodoo » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:54 PM UTC

Winamp 5.6, on all my Windows PCs. It's my most missed software on my Mac. I'd even install it in my car if I could...

#8

Post by DerekRobot » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 6:34 PM UTC

I'm guessing that some of the included BSD tools on my Mac are pretty old, because they're so simple. https://gist.github.com/pete/665971

#9

Post by detuur » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 6:35 PM UTC

GNU coreutils.

#10

Post by nickelcitymario » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 6:49 PM UTC

Deoxyribonucleic acid