Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Arelor
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Apr 17 2022 12:52:36

 Ar>  > The Internet itself is great, but that is old tech, and I should clarif
 Ar>  > real decline is in the software ecosystem, though the closing-off of ha
 Ar>  > is also a problem
 Ar>  > 
 Ar> 
 Ar> Nothing wrong with old technology. I recentñly found myself playing
 Ar> with some BSD source code from a modern OS and found that many of its
 Ar> files had copyrights dating back to the 80s or earlier. Old algorythms
 Ar> that you can still use 30 or 40 years after they were created... such
 Ar> longevity is a testament to their quality.
 Ar> 
 Ar> With the Internet I think the infrastructure is mostly fine. It is what
 Ar> we build on top of such infrastructure that sucks.
 Ar> 
 Ar> --

Indeed, I use Emacs at work, which is an "old" program, Vim, the Unix coreutils, the FVWM Window Manager, grep, awk, Z Shell.  These programs solved problems, and are powerful.  At work,I use Emacs to solve some problems very quickly, that to others, appears as wizardy.  Things that were not possible, that they looked to some new software or web based app I do quickly.

We tend to as a society, prefer to reinvent a new solution, rather than learn how to use an existing one.  Perhaps a cultural fault?  All too often at work I see people grappling with problems for which there are solutions, then they go an implement some half baked "new" solution.  We are constantly making new solutions, because there isn't any vested interest in getting people to use old ones effectively.

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