OT: Obsolecence (Was RE: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube)

From: Feldman, Robert <Robert_Feldman_at_jdedwards.com>
Date: Mon Sep 9 08:21:00 2002

Our local Blockbuster Video here in Chicago is rapidly decreasing the number
of video cassettes it rents, in favor of DVD's. Soon there won't be any
available, except at the public library or specialty rental stores. I guess
they are trying to force users to switch to DVD.

-----Original Message-----
From: R. D. Davis [mailto:rdd_at_rddavis.org]
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:31 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube

<snip>
Once someone purchases electronic equipment, one should
be able to continue using it for as long as one wants, and be able to
repair it whenever necessary... of course, that should also apply to
most things, such as refridgerators, cars, washing machines, furnaces,
radios, televisions, etc.

Is not obsolescence is a concept which needs to become obsolete? I
propose that we form a Society for the Obsolecence of Obsolescence,
and I jest not.
Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 08:21:00 BST