Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Michael Shields (shields@msrl.com)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 04:46:21 +0000 (GMT)

> > In article <m0zs6zw-0008KAC@helgespc>,
> > Alex Butcher <alex@cocoa.demon.co.uk>,
> > > Still too long for a field like computing, IMHO. Most stuff is obsolete
> > > within 3 years these days.
> >
> > Such as?
>
> Most hardware at the very least.

I don't think so. A typical machine from three years ago -- say, a
P90, 32MB RAM, &c. -- is still a perfectly good machine today,
particularly as a server. Your 14.4 modem may not be as fast as your
friends' new modem, but that doesn't meat it's useless.

-- 
Shields.


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