The Future End of Classic Computing

From: Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Date: Fri Mar 29 18:48:43 2002

And thusly Sellam Ismail spake:
>
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
>
> > The End of Classic Computing, and in fact, the end
> > of Computing as a hobby for almost all of us, is on
> > the table in the U.S. Congress in the form of The
> > Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion
> > Act (CBDTPA). This insidious bill would strike at
> > the very heart of this community, the software that
> > keeps our ClassicComputers running, unless we or
> > someone incorporates anti-pirating measures.
> <...>
> > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html
>
> Ah hell. This is a dead fish. It stinks really bad but it'll eventually
> just go away. I wouldn't worry about it.
>

Hey Sellam!

        I do believe *this* one will go away... But I fear this is only a decoy
so they can implement a "lesser" version of it. "They" will say it is a
compromise.

Cheers, <with Jim Beam>

Bryan
Received on Fri Mar 29 2002 - 18:48:43 GMT

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