Peter Brawley
peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 1 11:36:26 CDT 2013
On 2013-11-01 3:15 AM, 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! :-) Sorry Jon you're wrong, eg for documents requiring signature, a fax machine is often the simplest & cheapest solution. PB > > > 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-belon >> g-to-the-walking-dead/?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101&ftag=TRE684d53 >> 1 >> >> Jim > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > ________________________________ > This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >