Comments on: Trapped on Technology’s Trailing Edge http://blog.longnow.org/2008/04/15/trapped-on-technologys-trailing-edge/ The Official Weblog of The Long Now Foundation and Friends Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Brian Dunbar http://blog.longnow.org/2008/04/15/trapped-on-technologys-trailing-edge/#comment-4821 Brian Dunbar Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:43:41 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/04/15/trapped-on-technologys-trailing-edge/#comment-4821 A problem long familiar to people who work in IT. Every organization has at least one legacy system that is the bane of the application developers (who have to maintain the code) and the operations guys (who have to take care of the hardware and maintain sysadmin skills to manage it. A problem long familiar to people who work in IT. Every organization has at least one legacy system that is the bane of the application developers (who have to maintain the code) and the operations guys (who have to take care of the hardware and maintain sysadmin skills to manage it.

]]> By: Dan O'Donnell http://blog.longnow.org/2008/04/15/trapped-on-technologys-trailing-edge/#comment-3981 Dan O'Donnell Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:21:36 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/04/15/trapped-on-technologys-trailing-edge/#comment-3981 A few thoughts on this... When I buy a small gadget these days (e.g. digital camera, PDA) I often consider buying two. The first would be the working machine, but the second is a backup. Part of the problem of acquiring these devices is not only replacement parts* (since models change so rapidly) but also learning the new operating systems for them. The time investment to learn the new system is not insignificant. * For some gadgets there are no replacement parts - we're simply forced to buy a new gadget. A few thoughts on this… When I buy a small gadget these days (e.g. digital camera, PDA) I often consider buying two. The first would be the working machine, but the second is a backup. Part of the problem of acquiring these devices is not only replacement parts* (since models change so rapidly) but also learning the new operating systems for them. The time investment to learn the new system is not insignificant.

* For some gadgets there are no replacement parts - we’re simply forced to buy a new gadget.

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