Linux question

I have been on this list for around 10 years and can say with pretty fair certainty that the mix of posts has changed substantially during that time. Jay, perhaps you don't notice this because the type of things you're most interested in - old HP and DEC gear - are still actively discussed. But discussions of the small stuff: 8-bit micros, CP/M machines, Apple Lisa's, HP Series 80, etc., have all but disappeared. There used to be a pretty active discussion about these sort of machines on the list, and a lot of resources to draw on, but no longer. Posts about those sorts of hardware are few and far between and are, when they do occur, usually generate no threads. As I previously said, that's an observation/conclusion, and other are entitled to agree, disagree or vituperate, but I think it's backed by empirical evidence. Some may not like the conclusion, or claim it's incorrect, but this is something I've observed for at least a few years and I have a lot of archived posts that seem to bear me out. I thought it was pretty obvious that I was using an example - in this case the relative response to the Linux post vs. the Kaypro post - as an example of a general trend. Naturally, the naysayers, serial disagreers and chronic debunkers conveniently ignore the obvious and pretend that I am trying to draw a broad conclusion from a single occurrence, even though they know (or damn well should know) that's not the case.