20 Apr
2007
20 Apr
'07
1:41 p.m.
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.
[...]
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.
So let's go ahead and say that's true. Now what?
I'm not sure what making an observation like this achieves other than to
kvetch.
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