fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoStill booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkStill booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square40linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoRight? If it still works then it still works. If the article was talking about anything other than tech/software, we’d be praising its longevity.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt really depends what its used for. Anything that is public facing would never work without constant maintenance and upgrades, be it a computer OS or some complex piece of hardware.
Right? If it still works then it still works.
If the article was talking about anything other than tech/software, we’d be praising its longevity.
It really depends what its used for.
Anything that is public facing would never work without constant maintenance and upgrades, be it a computer OS or some complex piece of hardware.