10 Year Rule

[Jay West]

Tony wrote...
> I think that's completely unworkable.
>
> In the next room I have a machine. It has a GUI, a mouse, bitmapped
> display, networking, and so on. Sounds like something close to the modern
> mainstram, yes? Well, I think it's a classic computer by any reasonable
> standard. Or do people object to PERQs now ;-).
>
> Most modern computers have winchester hard disks. Does that mean that
> discussions of the SA4000 series are now off-topic?

This is just... well... nuts. Anyone who would think that I am saying a Perq 
is objectionable, or that SA400 stuff is off-topic... is either being silly, 
or just stating something that obviously isn't what I said in order to 
support objections.

Jay