24 Nov
2009
24 Nov
'09
3:33 p.m.
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:08 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: YATYD: Ten Year Rule
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Dave McGuire wrote:
And OS X is vintage? :-p Don't try to take the out that it's based on U*ix -
Windows NT started out as VMS/386.
It's just like obscenity: I know vintage when I see it, and so do you. There is only
a passing chance that the scope perceived by each of us is identical - but similar enough
to have a discussion list like this one. -- Ian
...which is precisely why this discussion
comes up about once a
year, and always ends unresolved.
We are unable to objectively clarify what would be interesting.
We have a specific counter-example: "WINDOZE"