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

From: Philip Pemberton <philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Mon Sep 9 13:05:01 2002

Feldman, Robert wrote:
> I still use
> NewWord (copyright 1986) on my 1994-vintage HP 200LX palmtop that I
> carry with me every day.
Wow - another person with a HP LX-series palmtop. I've got an Omnigo 700LX
with the Nokia 2110 mobile to go with it. But that's going way OT for this
mailing list (my 700LX carries a manufacture date in 1996).

> In software, if I rented (annually licensed) my software, it
> could be cut off at any time, like WordPerfect was for certain Data
> Generals,IIRC, or like MS would prefer.
Anyone know the full story to this? Hmm... Interesting.
Now everyone knows why I'm still using Windows 98. I'm also a cheapskate - I
won't buy anything unless I have to. Hence why I'm using OpenOffice. I also
hate spyware. When I get my Linux box working as a router, I'm going to have
a packet tracer running on it. It might be interesting to find out just what
is spying on me...

Later.
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