I can't imagine anyone would scrap a couple of decades worth of work rather than make minor changes and recompile to update the software to run on a new version of Windows or MacOS.
Sad story, though, and it sounds like it's a real loss to the people who used and valued the software. I read once about the concept of designating a "digital executor" -- someone capable and trusted to manage technological things after a person's death, which seemed like an interesting idea. Analogous to a literary executor who handles unfinished or unpublished writings after an author's death.
Sad story, though, and it sounds like it's a real loss to the people who used and valued the software. I read once about the concept of designating a "digital executor" -- someone capable and trusted to manage technological things after a person's death, which seemed like an interesting idea. Analogous to a literary executor who handles unfinished or unpublished writings after an author's death.