Post AzmiEcZBCtqGAfGucS by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
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 (DIR) Post #AzlyETtspcKROzx1oe by foone@digipres.club
       2025-10-31T15:46:43Z
       
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       @mos_8502 my dream would be to have a tool that lets me run any windows version with the GUI of any earlier version.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzmiEcZBCtqGAfGucS by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2025-11-01T00:22:42Z
       
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       @mos_8502 Loosen the rules, slightly, and I totally agree with you. CBBS is dead, but forums thrive. "Word processing" thrives! And WordStar, the 1980 binary, is shockingly usable ... though there no un-do. Spreadsheets were and are a revolution. Etc Conversely there's entire *categories" of software we could do without. "Does it serve a human being" and "does it harm any human being" are two basic tests. "Does it wait for a human" is too fundamental. I handwave servers for music and Internet etc on this one -+ but ultimately a human must derive benefit.
       
 (DIR) Post #B05QIhpTpfP2EMVhFA by malcircuit@thingy.social
       2025-10-31T15:50:27Z
       
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       @mos_8502 I think part of the problem has been the rapid pace of technological development with respect to computation and software. The goal posts kept shifting, making things get outdated quickly. The ecosystem is starting to stabilize now — a PC from 10 years ago is barely any different from one today. It's better, sure, but fundamentally not very different in its design or operation. Likewise, software will stabilize too.
       
 (DIR) Post #B05QIirzxn0lSShDo8 by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2025-11-10T01:01:13Z
       
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       @malcircuit@mos_8502 IME the current trend is in opposite direction - I'm seeing more API churn and less backwards compatibility than 10 years ago.And the worst thing is, many companies benefit from software beng treated as fashion.