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From: Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] not just 3-button mice
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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:06:10 -0800
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Douglas A. Gwyn wrote:

> There is a *lot* of old computer gear I wish
> I'd held onto so I could use it now instead of
> the cruft that has replaced it.

Oddly, I've noticed the same about good reference books and
textbooks. Publishing companies and hardware companies seem
to be taking the same tack: both obsoleting good and useful
products in favor of the latest and greatest.

-- 
Christopher Nielsen
cnielsen@pobox.com