3 Jun
2005
3 Jun
'05
9:49 a.m.
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 2:33 AM
by
Festival
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
> Yes windows today is completely equivalent to the different OS's I've
used
> on a variety of systems since I started in the
mid 70's. The fact that
> Micro$loth has created a bloated giant that self destructs with time is
a
side issue.
The open source equivalent Linux is also a bloated giant.
Except that it rarely (if ever) self destructs with time.
BIG difference.
> If you don't like PDF's I recommend that you start a monastery to copy
hand any
documents you want archived.
Shave your head and buy a fricken robe while you're at it.
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Back in the early 70's I bought my mother a Microwave oven. Almost 15 years
later she got rid of it because it wouldn't pop popcorn (too low a wattage).
Since then she has gone through many Microwaves.
Current technology may not hold up to the quality of classic technology but
she could no longer do what she wanted to with her old Microwave.
The old Microwave was passed on to my grandmother who used it until she died
a few years later, no one knows what happened to it since as a lover of
classic equipment I think that's a shame but it still couldn't pop popcorn
:)
Personally I probably would have kept the old one and bought a new one just
to pop popcorn.
The point is that sometimes it is OK to use newer technology even if the
quality is crap. Windows and Linux are bloated monsters but I don't believe
that deciding to use an 8080 based Altair to scan manuals to share on the
internet doesn't make much sense. Buying a crap computer with a bloated OS
will do the job and it is worth putting up with the crap to get the job
done.
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com