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[Banter] What is the worst software you have used for its price?

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AndyBeez:
Anyone remember IBM's OS2 Warp? I once saw the OS demonstrated at a business expo by an inspirational IBM evangelist. And then many years later, at a retro computer fair running on a 386 PC, demonstrated by a guy in a Star Trek uniform. OS2 Warp, it was a yuppie thing: https://www.howtogeek.com/688970/what-was-ibms-os2-and-why-did-it-matter/

Jester:
Another vote for PADS.

NiHaoMike:
DRM would probably be the worst software concept to be invented. The end users don't want it, the content producer thinks it benefits them, the pirates get a market for the pirated content.

nigelwright7557:
Windows all versions.

They seem to bring out something that isnt good then improve.
Then bring out a new version which has gone backwards then start to improve it again.

All the different technologies that go with Windows like winforms, WPF, .net  etc.
WPF has the slowest screen redraws ever even on a fast PC.
.net core was a big improvement but wont run on old Windows.

I use Visual Studio for websites.
After an update it stopped allowing you to select files to upload to the website, you had to upload the lot !
Three times I got them to fix it and twice they at next update removed it again !
Absolutely useless.

nigelwright7557:
I have to vote some software I wrote myself as worst.
It is PCBCAD51.
Basically it works ok but has very small libraries meaning you have to input your own schematic and pcb footprints which is tedious to say the least.
I added component wizards which improved things a bit but its still tedious reading data sheets to get pin spacings etc. and prone to errors.

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