http://www.metafilter.com/tags/oldversions Posts tagged with 'oldversions' at MetaFilter. Sun, 02 Mar 2003 14:28:45 -0800 Sun, 02 Mar 2003 14:28:45 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/23989/OldVersioncom <a href="http://www.oldversion.com/">OldVersion.com</a> bears the motto "newer is not always better." This virtual graveyard/archive of older windows programs lets you stick to <a href="http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=aim" title="remember when AIM didn't have a stock ticker, and didn't try to find you a date on match.com?">versions</a> of <a href="http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=icq" title="while long dead from my desktop, the last few versions adding in advertising was what pushed me over the edge">programs</a> before they had advertising, before <a href="http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=wmp" title="read the EULA for Media Player 9 if you don't believe this is scary stuff">they had Digital Restrictions Management</a>, and even <a href="http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=napster" title="/me pours 40 on the curb for our fallen hero">those that no longer exist</a> *sniff*. I can tell sites like this will be coming in handy as we enter a Matrix-like world of advertising, spy-ware, and DRM baked into everything, while a holdout of luddites stick with 0.9 betas of their favorite programs. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.23989 Sun, 02 Mar 2003 14:28:45 -0800 archives oldversions programs software Windows mathowie http://www.metafilter.com/9785/ <a href="http://www.oldversion.com/">Fighting feeping creaturism.</a> Following in the wake of "abandonware" sites, here's a chance to perform that much-needed downgrade in order to escape bloat/adware/etc. What's your favourite software relic? tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.9785 Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:48:25 -0800 abandonware downgrade oldversions software holgate