Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:26:56 +0300 (MSK) | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux |
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22-Dec-98 04:46 you wrote: >> > In article <m0zs6zw-0008KAC@helgespc>, >> > Alex Butcher <alex@cocoa.demon.co.uk>, >> > > Still too long for a field like computing, IMHO. Most stuff is obsolete >> > > within 3 years these days. >> > >> > Such as? >> >> Most hardware at the very least.
> I don't think so. A typical machine from three years ago -- say, a > P90, 32MB RAM, &c. -- is still a perfectly good machine today, > particularly as a server. Your 14.4 modem may not be as fast as your > friends' new modem, but that doesn't meat it's useless.
My modem is exactly 3 years old (USR Courier 28800) and it's fatest possible modem for today (ok, firware there is changed but hardware is not :-) My 3 years old SyncMaster is not perfect but still very usable. Etc, etc.
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