Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:26:56 +0300 (MSK)


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 Most stuff is obsolete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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