SA> -=> Quoting Mark Hoover to Scott Adams <=-

SA> MH> And eventually a fatal bug will come up due to the constantly
SA> MH> changing operating systems and hardware.  At that point sysops
SA> MH> if they're still around will be forced to either attempt to keep
SA> MH> around ancient hardware  to support the systems or abandon it as
SA> MH> a useless piece of trash.

SA>     well theres many like myself who still like ancient dos and
SA>     hardware :)  It it works why beat it.

I'm not saying dump the hardware for the sake of dumping it.  I'm just 
saying that at a certain point, it's going to fail and you won't be able 
to replace it.  What do you do then?


SA> MH> This is exactly what drove me off Irex.  I got tired of the
SA> MH> config  program wiping out the config all the time.  The Linux
SA> MH> version not  working on anything newer than RedHat 7.3.

SA>     Yeah.  Linux has issues.  I wish I wasn't so tied to it but
SA>     oh well.  Hooked now and no alternatives. 

A simple recompile of the existing code would fix the issue.  But 
haven't seen one yet....:(

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