Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system

[Evan Koblentz]

>>>> To me, whenever a certain Machine/Idea is either no longer of _average_
daily use (for whatever reason) or old enough that it will be viewe as 'good
old thingy' it becomes an acceptable topic for the list.  

Agreed.  So if those 486s are still good for *nix firewalls, then they're
not vintage.

I guess the companies still using DEC minicomputers and the whole crew over
at club100.org (which supports modern use, not merely collecting of) are the
exceptions.  :)