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SubjectRe: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux
On 21 Dec 1998, Michael Shields 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 Most stuff is obsolete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. Every component of the PC I bought three
years ago is obsolete and most of the technology *behind* each peripheral
has been improved upon and discarded also.

Of course, that doesn't mean that it isn't still useful, but simply that
most of the intellectual property value has diminished to the point where
the manufacturers don't sell it (directly) any longer.

> --
> Shields.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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