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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by terminado on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @08:06PM (#13991797)
Personally, I feel as though modern acceptable standards of near-immediate obsolescence as normal are kind of depressing and abnormal.

Seeing technology become outdated after 3-4 years is kind of amazing in all the wrong ways.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that what we're really seeing is explosive advances, and to think about being stuck where we were 3-4 years ago, frozen in time, without permission to advance is a horrible thought.

But at the same time, I hate not being about to used something I paid thousands of dollars for, less than five years later, because I scratched a CD-ROM, and downloads for compatible upgraded drivers are not supported.

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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by bitJericho on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:18PM (#13992588)
If drivers were open sourced so much of our tech would still be useful 10 or 20 years on. Manufactured obsolescence is really hurting society.
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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by wiz21c on Thursday March 30, 2017 @03:58AM (#13993675)
True. My scanner is second hand. It was given to me because its drivers were not compatible with windows 7 onward. Thanks to linux and open drivers, this scanner got a life extension of 6 years so far and it's still doin' great.
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