<div dir="ltr">don't get me started...computers and software don't become obsolete--they become incompatible as any one element fails. then the rat race commences. I've spent thousands replacing computers that would not run new software, or software that would not run on new computers. I had an HP 430 design jet that promised to function until sea level rise floods my office--but I could not it to run with progressively newer materials. it's replaced by a plotter twice its size, and not a wit faster or more precise. I finally through in the towel and replaced ACAD 2000, a victim of windows 7, with ACAD 2013. Ka-ching.<br>
<br>we started heading south with useless crap like microsoft's Mr Paperclip. Useless feature upon feature, wrecking what was just plain good, functional word processing and data management (spreadsheets and databases)--which peaked in the late 80's. ACAD 98 suited all my needs for 2-d drafting. <br>
<br>what's the point? why has someone has not stepped into the breach to produce a system of computers and software for basic functions, with a commitment to longevity, consistency, and compatibility? you'd think the business community would embrace that and make whoever accomplished that very wealthy.<div>
<br></div><div>ARRRGGHHH...nothing like starting the day with a good rant!</div><div><br></div><div>AA<br> <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Reuben Deumling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:9watts@gmail.com" target="_blank">9watts@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:33 PM, sanjay jain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font color="black" face="arial"><font color="black" face="arial">With Windows XP becoming obsolete soon, millions of computers are going
to be replaced unnecessarily.</font></font></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Can you explain? I've always made do with used, hand-me-down or craigslist-sourced computers and have never to my knowledge discarded one because a software program became obsolete. Other unfortunate and almost certainly unnecessary product life shortening occurrences precipitated computer replacements, but they were in all cases hardware related (I think). Am I missing something?<br>
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