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Hello David - 

DD>>> Modern software requires modern resources. 

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

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

You express the views of a child. 

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

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

A 'sluggard' that you are incapable of duplicating. 

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

No, I've not installed KNOPPIX on my hard drive - yet. 

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

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

This 'old nerd' thinks you are a bit of a pompous ass right
now. I suspect you are on ADD meds and forget to take them from
time to time. 

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