29 Aug
2006
29 Aug
'06
10:59 a.m.
A 10-year-rule is not a principle. It made sense in
1997. It doesn't make
sense now.
Wrong. The 10 year rule still makes sense. What you are saying is that no
new systems will be added, and that this is a dying hobby. Just because the
majority of us have no interest in a 10 year old PC, or Windows 95/NT4 is no
reason to change one of the founding principles of this list. Just because
a large number of people here don't want to view a 60Mhz Pentium running
Windows 95 as a classic doesn't make it any less of a fact. To many people
that is a classic. To many of us (myself included) it's a nightmare, but
that doesn't mean that I will deny the fact that it is now a Classic Computer.
It is wrong to change a definition because you it suddenly includes hardware
that you don't like. This group is *SUPPOSED* to platform neutral, but what
I'm seeing here amounts to bigotry.
For the record, I think Jay is doing a GREAT job, and
more people who might
be intimidated by this thread but who agree should speak up and say so.
I'm not saying he isn't. I'm saying he's wrong with regards to the 10
year
rule.
Zane