It is foolish to continue to buy into obsolete technologies such as the old serial and parallel interfaces or floppy drives.
I have no problem with someone continuing to use a product that still works that relies on an obsolete technology. So long as they realize that it will need to be replaced with a newer technology and do not continue to poor money into it. For example, if I buy a computer, I do not want to see that it still uses parallel ATA as its drive interface. As the market for those drives peter out, the opportunity to replace the drive decreases. A more current interface, such as serial ATA (SATA) or serial SCSI (SAS) can be replaced (or upgraded) further into the future. Eventually, buying new computers with obsolete interfaces is a losing proposition. It is not about having the newest and shiniest tech toys! Thank you, Mark Snyder -----Original Message----- >I just think it's amusing for you to drag out the consultant's hammer and >nail problem resolution flowchart, telling the customer how they conduct >their business is all wrong because they're not using the "latest" >technology. That's usually the point in the meeting where I thank them for >their time and show them where the door is. I think that maybe the bottom line with all the comments regarding whether serial/parallel ports are necessary boils down to the makeup of the list participants. 1. Business consultants/IT teams that use computers as a tool and are required to support their customers/employees with the correct hammer for the nails that were purchased by someone else. and they had no input in the purchase rationale . 2. Hobbiests that are ONLY concerned with having the latest and greatest of cheap toys/software/hardware and do not have the slightest idea of the business/commercial world people who only want to get their work done.. 3. Those that just like to tweak/harangue others on the list on their poor choice of operating systems or software. They are the Trolls.. :) And if they get some all riled up, they have succeeded.. :( ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
