I’m curious why 16-bit support is being dropped. Too much additional codebase complexity for such a small use case, or are there technical reasons it’s difficult to support in a 64-bit environment that somehow don’t exist in a 32-bit one? Or is it simply not implemented yet due to a lack of dev time/interest in the feature?
I know 16-bit programs are incredibly niche these days, but I’d be way more comfortable with enterprises running their ancient software in a secure, up-to-date WINE environment as opposed to an actual Windows 3.x one with its nonexistent security. Even in an isolated VM, that kind of setup is one misconfiguration away from disaster.
I’m curious why 16-bit support is being dropped. Too much additional codebase complexity for such a small use case, or are there technical reasons it’s difficult to support in a 64-bit environment that somehow don’t exist in a 32-bit one? Or is it simply not implemented yet due to a lack of dev time/interest in the feature?
I know 16-bit programs are incredibly niche these days, but I’d be way more comfortable with enterprises running their ancient software in a secure, up-to-date WINE environment as opposed to an actual Windows 3.x one with its nonexistent security. Even in an isolated VM, that kind of setup is one misconfiguration away from disaster.