Late 90s Software Was Superior

Text on the meme

Industry software from the late 90s is superior to open source alternatives of today. Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Office 97 Upgrade Quicken Adobe Photoshop Microsoft PhotoDraw

What it means

A Windows 98-era computer setup is shown alongside boxed software and a classical Greek philosopher statue. The joke nostalgically claims that expensive, polished software from the late 1990s was better than modern open-source alternatives, using the statue to give the opinion an exaggerated air of ancient wisdom.

Who

Socrates

Objects

old desktop computer / старый настольный компьютер CRT monitor / ЭЛТ-монитор computer speakers / компьютерные колонки keyboard / клавиатура computer mouse / компьютерная мышь Windows 98 screen / экран Windows 98 boxed software / коробочное программное обеспечение Microsoft Office box / коробка Microsoft Office Quicken box / коробка Quicken Adobe Photoshop box / коробка Adobe Photoshop Microsoft PhotoDraw box / коробка Microsoft PhotoDraw classical Greek statue / классическая греческая статуя bearded man statue / статуя бородатого мужчины purple gradient background / фиолетовый градиентный фон