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Re:1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat a... by sliverstorm on Friday June 12, 2015 @01:07PM (#9707179)
Ethernet is great, but thirty years from now it and/or RJ-45 might sound just as antiquated.
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Re:1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat a... by teacup50 on Friday June 12, 2015 @05:36PM (#9708714)
Doubt it; 10Base-T is 26 years old, and still works with today's modern 10Gbase-T NICs.

There will be backwards compatibility options for an awfully long time.

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Re:1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat a... by technofiend on Friday June 12, 2015 @01:56PM (#9707487)
How right you are. On the other hand I'm continually surprised that my paycheck in 2015 comes (more or less) from a descendent of an operating system I learned in the 80's.
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Re:1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat a... by geon on Friday June 12, 2015 @02:10PM (#9707581)
Sure. And then it's time to retire it, after a job well done.
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