Re^4: (OT): 200-year software

I know many a paralegal who is absolutely satisfied with WordPerfect 5 on an i386 (repaired several times over in most cases). I'm not convinced that it's the evolution of software or hardware that prevents stabilization or longevity of applications. Rather, it's end-user/consumer's evolving expectations that are driving the phenomena.

How has the end-user's expectation of a brick changed in the last 2500 years?

--Solo --
You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake; well, this could be it, sweetheart.

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Re^5: (OT): 200-year software by ggg (Scribe) on Jul 16, 2004 at 14:27 UTC
There's no doubbt that you are right: user expectation (and willingness to pay) drives the evolution of computer products as well as most of the economy. Your's is the explanation for Theo's observation. ggg	[reply]