COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE 80s

[Michael Mayer <michael.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could not agree more ..... this is no place for political discourse.
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Today's Topics:

   1. RE: COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE
      '80S (Stephen Landess)
   2. Re: COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE
      '80S (David Gibbs via MIDRANGE-L)
   3. Re: COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE
      '80S (Rob Berendt)


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message: 1
date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:52:58 +0000
from: Stephen Landess <steve_landess@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE
        '80S

IMHO, we haven't had any true journalists for several decades, since the days of Walter Cronkite and Ted Koppel.

Today's "journalists" are mostly left-leaning political commentators.

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It makes one wonder about ALL journalists and their accuracy.



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On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 1:14?PM Gavin Inman <midrangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> We should msg him via his Linked-in profile.   He's basically a gamer
> trying to be a journalist.
>
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>
> On 11/19/2025 10:14 AM, cesco via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
>
>   Wow, such sublime technical journalism, getting better and better I
> see with AI availability to quickly check sources and tech papers.But
> at least it gives the layman perception of the "green screen" as proxy
> for the whole platform, as many times discussed.
>
> and old, clunky, and not even reliable!!! look at that abnormal IPL in
> the image!!!!!! some janitor using that plug for the vacuum cleaner in
> the year '07?
>
>
>      On Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 03:45:26 PM GMT+1, Scott
> Ingvaldson via MIDRANGE-L<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   So much misinformation in 8 paragraphs!
>
> Costco And Home Depot Still Use IBM Computers From The '80s: Here's
> Why<
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message: 2
date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:53:59 -0600
from: David Gibbs via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE
        '80S

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 2:53?PM Stephen Landess <steve_landess@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> IMHO, we haven't had any true journalists for several decades, since
> the days of Walter Cronkite and Ted Koppel.
>
> Today's "journalists" are mostly left-leaning political commentators.

I think we're getting off topic here.

david

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message: 3
date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:56:45 -0500
from: Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE
        '80S

... and this is where David normally chimes in and requests us to let this conversation die.
I agree with David.  Let's keep politics out.

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 3:53?PM Stephen Landess <steve_landess@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> IMHO, we haven't had any true journalists for several decades, since
> the days of Walter Cronkite and Ted Koppel.
>
> Today's "journalists" are mostly left-leaning political commentators.