Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Thu Oct 31 16:53:36 CDT 2013
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=TRE684d531 > > Jim