On the other hand, if you have it around anyway, there is no reason not to use it to resize an image.

I don't think there's anything a 22 year old copy of Fireworks can do that can't be done in other newer apps, but I feel like that's kinda irrelevant. Some people would rather spend their time learning how to do something new rather than learning how to do the same old thing in new ways.

I used Fireworks back in school and from what I remember it was a lot easier to use than Adobes products.