CHARLES ANGELICH -> DAVID DRUMMOND wrote:

 DD>> Modern software requires modern resources.

 CA> 'Modern' software is often just a rewrite of earlier software.

Indeed, with a heap more features, bells and whistles that people just
cannot do without. That is why they have to buy newer, more powerful
machines, the old stuff just doesn't cut it.

 CA> At times the early versions are faster and more efficient than
 CA> the 'modern' version. I don't see a great deal of innovation
 CA> lately just a lot of "me too" not unlike what has happened to
 CA> KNOPPIX with all the "me too"s out there now.

I wasn't speaking of things like Knoppix, I was speaking of software that
has market penetration, not some sluggard that runs from CD.

Have you tried installing Knoppix on the hard drive? It gains a shipload of
speed, but loses that one thing it has in its favour, the ability to auto
login

 CA> When you don't have to cater to the vagaries of the unwashed
 CA> masses of computer illiterates you can afford the luxury of
 CA> using hardware and software that gets the job done without the
 CA> need to 'impress' onlookers with the flashing lights and
 CA> bells-n-whistles. :-)

Take a stroll out in the real world sometime, where computers are used in
real day to day work, not just some old nerd at home experimenting with
operating systems.

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regards

David

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