11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
2:06 p.m.
On 4/11/11
3:29 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> To be realistic here -
> How much do people like us really matter in today's IT environment?
On
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> ?Are you assuming that gainful employment in a technical field and
> involvement in classic computing preservation are somehow mutually
> exclusive? ?That's one of the more whacked-out arguments I've heard here.
> ?(and that's saying something!) While one could interpret it that way, I took it to
mean more of "our
needs (and wants) are such a minority view that they aren't above the
noise floor for consideration for how new products are designed or
implemented."
Thank you for clarifying what I was saying.
To a lesser extent, many "modern" employers would prefer to avoid hiring
people like us. Well, at least those of us, such as myself and Tony, who
are vocal about the existence of downsides to current "progress".
It's not that knowing what Kermit is and how to
use it makes you
unemployable, it's that nobody designing modern systems cares what
Kermit users want (e.g. vanishing serial ports on modern hardware
because a USB serial dongle works for "enough" people that it's the
only option now).
"Nobody needs more than two floppy ports"
"Nobody need more than one floppy port"
"Nobody needs a floppy port"
"Nobody needs incandescents"
"Nobody needs a parallel port"
"Nobody needs RS232"
"Nobody needs SCSI"
"Nobody needs a command line"
"Nobody programs in assembly language anymore,
nor ever will again." -(Clancy and Harvey, UC Berkeley Lower Division CS)
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com