YATYRD (was: PalmOS no more? :(

[Hans Franke]

Am 29 Sep 2005 20:38 meinte Tony Duell:
> > Eh. Dump the 10 year rule and cut off at 1994.

> > At some point post-1990 computers became near-pure commodity. It's
> > like collecting toasters. There are intersting models, but not in
> > the way that say 1960s or even 1970s are -- pretty much ANY
> > computer from the 70s and even 80s is "interesting". Pretty much
> > anything post-MSDOS is deadly dull -- with exceptions of course.

> I think you've 'hit the nail on the head'. 

> But there really is nothing special about 99% of Wintel boxes. 

See, but the remaining 1% is what I realy like. And as
tighter the 'Standard' became, as more interesting are
the ways designer tried to add something that would
make their work worthwhile.

Gruss
H.
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