3 Jun
2013
3 Jun
'13
11:41 a.m.
On 3 June 2013 19:09, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
Do you mean "stuff designed now being sold five years from now"? If so,
you'll likely see that. The example I cited (the only one of which I can
speak from direct personal experience) is in medical equipment. That stuff
is designed, FDA-approved, and sold for 10-20 years without modification.
As a general rule in computing, If the hardware is of age X, then the
best software for it is is probably of approximately age X ?2Y or so.
Your local Freecycle groups are astounding.
[Shrug] South London, innit mate.
I live in a VERY high-tech
area and even I don't see stuff like that given away. (well, actually,
thinking about that a bit more...There are "clueful" people around here;
stuff like C2D machines are more likely to be found running Linux or NetBSD
around here.)
It's rare and I got lucky. Also, I think some people recognise my name
from my written stuff.
(Pimps new article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/03/thank_microsoft_for_linux_desktop_f…
)
--
Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile
Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven
MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven
Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884