Sometimes 40-year-old technology actually is the best tool for the job
http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/24/sometimes-40-year-old-technology-actually-is-the-best-tool-for-the-job/#
But it didn't turn out that way. Supersonic jets turned
out to be way too expensive and way too damaging to the ozone
layer. Ordinary, high-capacity jets like the Boeing 747 turned
out to be good enough, and economical enough, that they became
the de facto standard. The models Boeing created in the 1970s
form the backbone of the company's lines today, with very slight
differences and enhancements that are mostly invisible to
non-experts. In fact, Ceglowski writes, some of today's planes
are actually slower than their 1970s predecessors: The Boeing
787 is slower than the 707. We might be at a similar inflection
point with Internet technologies today.
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--Lauren--
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