How old computing is not per se worse than modern computing - so spot on. One fascination I have - software on the PDP-8 in 1974 was in many ways *better* than what ran on IBM PCs a decade later. Strange how good things get lost, software evolution is not an optimal path at all Tweet added by Oscar Vermeulen @Oscar_CEDS

Oscar Vermeulen

6 months

How old computing is not per se worse than modern computing - so spot on. One fascination I have - software on the PDP-8 in 1974 was in many ways *better* than what ran on IBM PCs a decade later. Strange how good things get lost, software evolution is not an optimal path at all

Liam Proven

@lproven

6 months

War of the workstations: How the lowest bidders shaped today's tech landscape The MIT and New Jersey schools of software design, and how big lies turned into holy truths <- by me on @TheRegister

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THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR

@PhintageCollect

6 months

@Oscar_CEDS Noticed this myself many times as well. Sometimes, good things are just left behind. But luckily, also some of the bad ones as well :) And why does starting Windows or an app like Word still take about the same as 30 years ago (rhetorical question)?

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Xenomorph

@codemon18429317

6 months

@Oscar_CEDS Sure isn't. Many good things have fallen out of favour.

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Tony Jonsson 💙💛

@tonyrjonsson

6 months

@Oscar_CEDS I can say the same for automotive… at least the last 20 years… with a few exceptions, like switching to bev that I think will be state of art within 5 years

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A.C. Quinlan

@museical

5 months

@Oscar_CEDS I also find this fascinating. Perhaps it’s nostalgia for the technology of my youth, but I enjoyed WordPerfect for DOS in a way that modern word processors can’t evoke. There have been other examples, too. What’s one for you of old technology you personally used?

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