13 Apr
1999
13 Apr
'99
8:39 p.m.
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Mike Ford wrote:
Its not that software discussion wouldn't be
welcome here, its that many
collectors of software have no interest in the hardware side. I think
I disagree with this statement, and wonder where your reasoning comes
from. Just as hardware is useless without software, what good is software
without hardware?
collecting software and associated manuals and books
is a topic ready to
stand on its own, and be dug into with more depth than a general list might
be comfortable with. Also of course much of the collecting will be on
We've just had a whole boring discussion on processor clock ticks that
dealt with both sides--hardware and software--so its not like software
issues don't get dug into deeply here.
titles newer than 10 years. I have a lot of personal
interest in software
around 5 years old that is needed to use computers of that era effectively
and at low cost.
Well, that's a whole different topic then. I can't think of anything more
boring than discussing recently released software, but I'm sure others
would find it most useful. However, I fail to see why another list would
have to be created for this sort of talk. I guess the hundreds of
newsgroups that already exist for this type of discussion aren't adequate?
Good luck.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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