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"Jim Damato" <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I do think it's ironic that the platform is perceived as obsolete because it hasn't forced its apps intoobsolescence.I do think it's ironic that other platforms have been perceived as modern because they have forced previousiterations into obsolescence.
Very well said. The midrange and mainframe world has always operated on a basis of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The DOS/WinDoze world, on the other hand, has always operated on a basis of "how can we dupe people into buying more memory, fancier peripherals, or a whole new system." Mac and Unix/Xenix/Aix/Linux/*x have mostly been somewhere in the middle.
That's probably why I fit in so well with the AS/400. I kept my Tandy 1000 SL (8MHz 8086) for over a decade, and I still use the same DOS applications I used on it. When my Tandy 1110 notebook (V20, either 10 or 16 MHz, depending on who you talk to) died, I didn't go out and buy the latest WinDoze notebook; I bought a used 486 notebook on eBay, and put PC-DOS 2000 on it. My Macintosh is over a decade old, and still has the original hard drive and original 14.4 modem. And I still use dial-up to connect with my ISP at home.
I have better things to spend my money on than high-end computer hardware, and better things to spend my time on than fixing things that aren't broken.
-- JHHL
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