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Journal jawtheshark's Journal: One year since XP OEL. 6

Journal by jawtheshark
Do you realize that XP was EOLed exactly one year ago?
I know many XP machines still chugging around peacefully without problems: No XPcalypse happened. This entirely fits my predictions.

XP was a (had become) a mature operating system. I abhor the fetish of "newer is better" that reigns in our industry.

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One year since XP OEL.

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  • Games that no longer work because they're not supported in newer versions, or their installer was only 16 bits even if the game was 32 bits. Maybe maxis would still be around if they had released updated versions of their old software with a few more capabilities rather than crap.
  • "I abhor the fetish of 'newer is better' that reigns in our industry." Yeah, there were way less accidents when everyone used horses instead of cars.
    • Different case, and applied to cars, we haven't advanced all that much ever since the introduction of crumple zones and the seat belt. Yes, we have ABS and ESP these days, but those are relatively small improvements.

      Also keep in mind that if you can drive a car from the 50ties, you can drive one built in 2015, and inversely. Safely.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by kesuki ( 321456 )

      Why would everyone have used Trojan horses to hack the overlords and get money? i mean if you were gonna go that time stream, why not have a car too? saving all the resources the overlords provide you with is kinda silly since the overlords will eventually hack your own brain stem and make you stop breathing and turn you into Oscar Meyer weaners.

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