John Gilmore wrote: >I have a document in front of me that says 50 not 100 years; but I am quite >happy to stipulate 100 years instead: the difference is rhetorical rather than >material, at least in this context. I am delighted that z/OS is not yet an >antique, but my suibstantive point was that it is not antiquated.
100 years is fine, it is a good starting point, but I'm so sorry to dissappoint you, but look in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique and/or http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/antique (Of course, you don't need to believe that articles are 100% accurate, but they're good enough. ;-D ) Anyways, look at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/antique where that word is discussed and ... ... where age of years is stated as '100 years before purchase'. (not of creation? hmmm, those crazy US Customs must have their reasons! ) 'Antique' depends on the object, observer and the laws of the country. Cars - older than 25 years - 'antique'. So my first car (Datsun 1200, year - about 1975) is 'antique'. Only driver, fuel and numberplates are modern! One Ancient Fact: I could fix it myself cheaply and very often! ;-D ;-D I also quote from Wikipedia: 'the governments of Iran and Iraq traditionally classify rugs over 50 years old as semi-antique and rugs over 100 years old as antique.' I have some rugs younger than 50 years, so they're modern, while a painting at someone else home, which was done in WWII, is classified as 'antique' and is very expensive. (I will ask my persian rug vendor who import them himself about that quote.) z/OS? It descended from truly ancient OS/360! ;-) Hmmm, it is ages ago (pun intended) since I played that game 'Ages of Sail' (combat game using sailing ships with cannons). Geezzzzzz, this thread is making me ancient old! ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
