10 years

From: Mike <kenziem_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun Oct 6 10:40:00 2002

On Wednesday 02 October 2002 20:47, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, Geoff Roberts wrote:
> > From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
> >
> > > > 'cause when Windoze 95 becomes on topic, it just might not be fun
> > > > anymore.

> Would anyone object to adding an official 'cool factor clause' to the
> 10-year rule? We already sorta have that now, where a newer computer
> (e.g. mid-90s SGI MIPS) has sufficient cool factor that we're ok with
> it. All we need is a concept of negative cool factor, so that some
> computers (e.g. Packard Bell PC) might never be on-topic.

I have a PB that I keep as a sample of bad design, along with the IBM
Aptiva, and AST Bravo.
Received on Sun Oct 06 2002 - 10:40:00 BST