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Comment controversy for the sake of controversy (Score 1) 521

If one were intentionally trying to get people to argue with each other, and to induce animosity, they just might put topics like this forward. Is that the goal of this article, and the posting of it here? I see no upside to Linux Journal publishing this article, or slashdot highlighting it. It's not news, it's flamebait.

Comment waste of tax-payer's money to answer these (Score 5, Insightful) 147

"If a machine is doing its job, reliably and without error, then common sense dictates that you just shouldn't mess with it."
"what's the government computer most in need of an upgrade?"
You've just given a great reason why some hardware is still in use, it works.
Why turn around and conclude that it needs an upgrade?

"knowing which agencies are running hardware older than I am is important"
Sure, for a very loose definition of important.

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