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Ask HN: Examples of desktop software with 20+ years of longevity?

Some desktop apps have been developed for 20+ years and still running and available. There are not many desktop apps with longevity (and rewrites).

Examples of apps still available:

- Quarx: QuarkXPress (1987)

- Corel: WordPerfect (bought by Corel in 1996), CorelDraw (1989)

- Xara: Xara (1994) - a Windows vector illustration app still in development

- Fontlab: Fontlab (1993 for Windows)

- Bare Bones Software: BBEdit (1993)

- UltraEdit: UltraEdit (1994)

- Borland/Embarcadero: Delphi (1995)

- Fantaisie Software: PureBasic (2000 for Windows)

- IBM/Eclipse Foundation: Eclipse (2001)

What other examples of desktop apps 20+ years old and still in development? (Excluding Microsoft, Apple and Adobe examples because everyone recognise their apps.)

66 points open-source-ux 3 years ago 123 comments

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