Post A0OUsBcIfP8UTzQaVE by alvarezp@mastodon.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #A0MwzNU9La1DigugLY by darrenpmeyer@infosec.exchange
       2020-10-20T23:37:53Z
       
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       It seems like tech people have a serious problem: believing that "modern" means throwing out good ideas and designs just because they're not new
       
 (DIR) Post #A0OUsBcIfP8UTzQaVE by alvarezp@mastodon.xyz
       2020-10-21T12:53:32Z
       
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       @darrenpmeyer "What is this, 1995?" and "Let's go back 5 years" -- common phrases to ridicule what is not modern without wanting to having an actual discussion... and people buy them!
       
 (DIR) Post #A0OUsHBZxfKJkqyKga by darrenpmeyer@infosec.exchange
       2020-10-21T16:49:59Z
       
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       @alvarezp my favorite instance of this was a a friend's company rejecting BSD in favor of Windows for a project, not for any purpose fit or technical reason, but because "Unix is 40-year-old tech". As if it has been stagnant and not improved and refined at all in the last 40 years…
       
 (DIR) Post #A0OV0W4qTmZGFwkfdQ by feld@bikeshed.party
       2020-10-21T18:03:16.527114Z
       
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       @darrenpmeyer @alvarezp oh BSD? You mean that thing that made Netflix, NetApp, Whatsapp, EMC, (....) wildly successful? Seems like a bad idea.
       
 (DIR) Post #A0OVRzGm3D0Cc6QkAD by feld@bikeshed.party
       2020-10-21T18:08:13.537238Z
       
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       @darrenpmeyer @alvarezp I should have mentioned Bluecoat and Sandvine too
       
 (DIR) Post #A0PeyL2uCRyvawhGue by besserwisser@kawen.space
       2020-10-22T07:29:38.868918Z
       
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       @darrenpmeyerIsn't Windows nearly as old?@alvarezp
       
 (DIR) Post #A0R3QwIVOuhBrcpdvk by darrenpmeyer@infosec.exchange
       2020-10-22T19:06:16Z
       
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       @besserwisser @alvarezp I mean, Windows is about 40 now, but Unix is roughly 20 years older than that. But it is definitely a hallmark of that kind of attitude that people don't realize how old a lot of what they consider "modern" actually is. Even Python 3 was like 12 years ago.
       
 (DIR) Post #A0R3QwwYzyjprrZdMu by besserwisser@kawen.space
       2020-10-22T23:38:25.037889Z
       
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       @darrenpmeyer @alvarezp Don't tell them or we'll be switching to new tech even faster!