[dba-Tech] The walking dead

You should get out into the rest of the world occassionally.

there are still places where 14400 and even 9600 baud is about as good as the noisy phone 
line can handle.  OK for fax, no good for sending/receiving emails with large attachments.   
And you get an ack to confirm that it has gone through.


-- 
Stuart


On 1 Nov 2013 at 8:15, Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough wrote:

> Sorry Gustav, you're wrong. Fax needs to die. If you've got a phone
> line, you can get a simple enough net connection and use email. No-one
> needs to have to support faxes now, it's 2013 for god's sake! :-)
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav
> Brock Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 9:54 PM To:
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead
> 
> Hi Jim
> 
> Yes, once again a nonsense-bla-bla blob on Tech Republic.
> 
> Matrix printers are still in use in one business (which this Jack
> youngster probably doesn't even know exists): Shipping.
> 
> We have a client running three Lexmark gunships ... they work all day,
> have done for years, and if you study the mechanics, it is a built for
> a lifetime of a human and will survive a Third World War. And why?
> Because when shipping to "outer" zones like most of Africa you just
> need papers with a lot of copies for all sorts of stamps and
> approvals. Print the AWB and it works.
> 
> As for VHS and pagers, these are long gone at least in this part of
> the World. Fax is not, again in one business: Travel Agencies. Many
> small hotels and resorts in distant areas at exotic places have only
> simple telefone lines and small budgets.
> 
> Regarding his comment on Internet Explorer, he is plain wrong.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> 
> >>> stuart at lexacorp.com.pg 31-10-13 20:01 >>>
> Generally true, but there is still a place for dot matrix!
> 
> 
> On 31 Oct 2013 at 12:44, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > Here is a good start list of programs that are part of the "Walking
> > Dead" and should be tossed as soon as possible.
> >
> > I must admit I still have sites with XP but will be either moving
> > them to Linux or Windows 7, depending on what the client wants. For
> > a more complete list of the toxic brew of the dead and dying, check
> > out the link:
> >
> > http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-tech-products-that-bel
> > on
> > g-to-the-walking-dead/?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101&ftag=TRE684d
> > 53 1
> >
> > Jim
> 
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