Abandonware won't die, it is here to be relived. I have played games on computers since I was 5. It started with kabal and otello, then games like dune 2, manger, civ, keen and TTD. This is the games that I play to day and they won't die. They may be asleep for some time, but it alwas the games that I keep coming back to sow don't say the will die.
And for the "new" Abandonware, it will porbable be the same. I keep coming back to halflife, so why won't the other do the same?