At 12:41 6/04/2004, you wrote:
People need to drop the "update and upgrade for the sake of it" attitude, and like me, brake away from the GUI dependency.
If you want an old computer, run an old OS. For example, there's nothing that says you can't get a pentium 100 (about the lowest common denominator of 'computer' these days - as opposed to 'historical novelty') and run an old version of debian/RH/ or windows NT 4 if you're that way inclined on it.
It is all about putting something to good use. The "historical novelties" you are refering too can preform the same tasks as the "latest and greatest" system, but with about 1/10th of everything. It is also interesting to note that the latest RH and debian all do the same things as the older versions, but need twice or more the resources to do it...
In fact, I would like to challenge the Fedora team to make a distro that would work on the specs I have mentioned above as THAT WOULD be a kick in the pants for mickysoft <grin>. /end rant/
Actually I think you'll find that 'Mickysoft' don't give a flying f__k about your old pentium 100/486. They're out to sell software, and what sells software is people wanting something new and flash and useful which they didn't have before.
Once again "updating for the sake of updating" applies, sure there some genuine new stuff that offer something that is not just a fresh paint job. But can the same be said for the SERVER environment. Since you mentioned mickysoft, allot of people are still running NT3.5 & NT4 on there OLD pentium platforms, as a server, and in same cases as a work station, and shock horror mickysoft still support them.
People buy new PC's because they want something which their old PC didn't give them - the ability to do some new task (like play games, or support larger hard drives/more drives/more ram, etc), or some existing task faster than what they had. Or just because their old PC is broken. They throw old PC's away, or off the roof at parties, or deal to them with a sledgehammer.
True, I have tossed several compaq workstations from the top of a tall building.
The linux distro community is also out to sell software. They don't charge for it, but the end goal is the same - to get their particular product deployed on some end user's computer. Aiming your target market at things which people are putting in the bin is - no matter which way you look at it - stupid.
Well, it is true for the end user, but I was talking about servers... And yes, putting a server you paid $8,000+ for 3-4 years ago in the bin is a bit stupid, just beacuse the "latest and greatest" OS that does the same as what you have all ready got will not run on it....
There, I feel satisfied that I have fed the troll. </endrant>
Burp...
:-)
-- Orion
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