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

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Mon Sep 9 15:22:00 2002

At 07:03 PM 9/9/02 +0100, Philip wrote:
>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.

   Are you kidding! I have one that I use frequently and I expect a good number of the people on this list have one. I've tried a bunch of different palmtops including the HP color Jornada (runs Windows CE, yuck!) and I still prefer the 200LX.


 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.

   Get a copy of Ad_Aware. It's free and works beautifully.


 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...

   Let us know when you find out.

     Joe
Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 15:22:00 BST