Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : Adept
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 00:24:40

-=> Adept wrote to tassiebob <=-

 ta> Of course if I'm paying periodically to use the product then it's fair
 ta> enough for the vendor to discontinue the product - with appropriate
 ta> notice - at the end of the period.  Sadly this seems to be the in thing
 ta> these days, and I hate it.

 Ad> Ugh. I'm with you on that.

 Ad> I still use Eudora as an e-mail client, and that's so old that it's
 Ad> owned by the Computer History Museum.

 Ad> But with some hacks to make the security reasonable (stunnel is a
 Ad> requirement, these days) and the knowledge that having "Eudora" as the
 Ad> listed client ups messages on spam lists, it _still works_. And I can
 Ad> still periodically backup my e-mail by copying off a bunch of text
 Ad> files that, if everything broke but the text files, I could write my
 Ad> own parser.

 Ad> Do I trust that Gmail or Office365 will exist in 20 years? Or that I'll
 Ad> be able to use things without paying for them? Not really, no.

 Ad> Will Eudora still work? Probably. Unless technology marches on a bit
 Ad> too far.

When was Eudora last updated?  Does it even work with modern versions of
Windows?

I don't think I've ever used it, but new clients have so many cool features to
pass up.


.... Overtly resist change
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