I knew the time would come when these feminist millennial snowflakes would start coding and inserting their pathetic world view into tech.

Thankfully just a few more years until retirement. smh

Every OS has this problem about deprecated features. Microsoft has the same issue that every other dev shop has...it costs a lot to maintain software forever.

I blame the companies. If a solution is too expensive to maintain over the life of the product, the business plan is flawed.

This is a perfect opportunity to nudge companies to OSS btw. You'll STILL have this problem, but you can hire ninjas to code around it instead of adding more potential zombies to the interwebz.

I haven't logged into Slashdot in a LONG time...but I just wanted to say I couldn't agree more.

We have this customer in aerospace. ITAR, FEDRamp compliant, all the bells and whistles. You probably know this story. Anyways, we were ordered to build and maintain 2003 systems for some legacy POS app, while at the same time being told that "security is of utmost importance, we must pass all audits."

I'm no longer there, but the next place probably won't be better. *shrug*

I remember that story. My impression is that the guy was really good at vetting a developer and managing the communication / transfer of code. Maybe he also got lucky?

I work with a lot of folks in India. One guy is a rockstar, a couple are decent and the rest are dead weight. Very much like here in America. The problem is the time difference and scaling. How many rockstar devs are over there, how can one person find them to capitalize on it and how much time, effort and talent does it take to make it seem invisible like this guy did?

The new Samsung Windows 8 tablets have the same technology. Not sure what the DPI is exactly, but it appears we can finally work, play, consume media, etc all in a tablet form factor. I have one on pre-order. http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/tablet-pcs/XE700T1C-A01US-features

This. It's not just the being more powerful than processing text streams (which it is). It's the ability to touch so many pieces of the environment. SQL, Active Directory, Exchange, IIS, VMware, Sharepoint, the list goes on. All seamless, all using the same language rules. If Linux had Powershell, I could pitch running more Linux in our environment (I'm in an all Windows shop). I have a ton of stuff I'd like to stand up, but the learning curve is so high with all the new languages you need to know it's just not worth it. Jeffrey Snover talked about this at the last conference I went to. Here let me find a recording: http://powerscripting.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/episode-185-steven-murawski-on-v3-and-jeffrey-snovers-keynote-from-the-2012-powershell-deep-dive/

I also consider myself a "core" gamer (what is that again?). This is the first console since before the PS1 that I won't purchase on day one. Why? I am getting older (almost 30), but age is only part of the reason. I still play games 10 or so hours a week...all weekend if I get the time.

The main reason is the number of quality games out right now. I have a backlog of awesome games I still haven't finished, and games I want to buy.

I'm playing Guitar Hero like crazy on the PS2...most fun for my money in a looong time.
I still need to finish RE4, Metroid Prime II and Star Ocean 3.
Hell, I can't wait to play God of War again on a harder mode...but all this new material is hoarding my time.
Coming up?
Dragon Warrior VIII
Shadow of the Collossus
Killer7

Keep in mind I haven't listed any Xbox games because my Xbox broke...even though I still want to play Ninja Gaiden Black, KOTOR II, and Chronicles of Riddick...all of which I own. Not to mention Indigo Prophesy which I would buy in a heartbeat.

So even though I have games that would work (might work...haven't looked at the compatibility list yet), I'm still not going to get a 360 until at least March or so...when I finish the games I have.

Every other new console...I was waiting on good games to be released...now I can't even keep up with the ridiculously good games. I'm looking forward to buying bargain bin for next gen stuff for the first time. So part of it is that I'm older and more patient...but the bigger part is more quality games are out right now than in the past (IMO).