Obscure PC operating systems and apps [was Re: got this old peecee...]

[Josh Dersch]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
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>
> It seems that Apple is getting closer to MICROS~1 every day.  I 
> powered up my old G3 with Panther installed the other day and learned 
> that there was something like 59MB in security updates waiting for me 
> to install.  I can't imagine how a user with slow modem access deals 
> with this kind of thing.  And the US is full of people with modem as 
> their only available internet access--and not at anywhere near 56K.
>
>   
To be fair, I don't think this is limited to Apple or Microsoft; I 
booted an Ubuntu Linux box of mine a few weeks ago and had about 75mb of 
updates that it wanted me to install.  Programmers make mistakes, 
unfortunately, and I don't think that's a trend that's going to change 
anytime soon.  At least they're fixing the problems, though I agree that 
it's painful to get the fixes over a modem (haven't had to do that in 
years, thankfully.)

Josh