18 Mar
2007
18 Mar
'07
10:35 a.m.
Of course the answer is that a violin made in 1720 is
every bit as
useful as it was when it was new; something that can't be said for an
old computer.
Depends on your definition of "useful". Old computers still do
everything they ever did (well, unless they need repair - but the same
could be said of violins). It's user expectations that have changed.
Not that this alleviates the problem, which is that old computers are
*seen as* less useful than they were when new....
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