Definition of Obsolete... (was: Re: gauging interest in VAX 6000-530

From: Mike Cheponis <mac_at_Wireless.Com>
Date: Tue Oct 26 17:53:46 1999

Eric, I couldn't agree w/you more! -Mike C.

On 26 Oct 1999, Eric Smith wrote:

> I still think people are bringing too much emotional baggage with the
> word obsolete. If I tell you your PDP-11 is obsolete, I am not insulting
> you or the computer. Personally, I'm proud to have a bunch of obsolete
> computers. In many ways (but NOT including computational performance),
> I consider some of the obsolete computers to be better than the current
> crop of soon-to-be-obsolete computers.

Amen!
Received on Tue Oct 26 1999 - 17:53:46 BST

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