Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Nov 1 11:49:23 CDT 2013
Hi Peter: Your age is showing. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, 1 November, 2013 9:39:22 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead On 2013-11-01 9:45 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Peter: > > The article was just stating that a certain group of technologies have passed their prime. Nah, the article went way beyond that anodyne observation, corporate BS. PB ----- > They may linger on for years but the younger generation of techs sure isn't going to support them. ;-) > > ...as stated in a previous post; that I could not even give away the best DotMatrix printer ever built. (the Documax 3330) > > These are just the changing times but there will always be niche markets for old tech...some eager retired guy could make a very good business supporting this stuff...if I could get up the energy. ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Thursday, 31 October, 2013 5:03:35 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead > > On 2013-10-31 1:44 PM, 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. > Bullshit from corporations that wish us to believe old is terrible, new > is necessary. > > PB > > ----- > >> 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-belong-to-the-walking-dead/?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101&ftag=TRE684d531 >> >> Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com