A tree to grow

[Tony Duell]

> Do you see a common thread to the complaints here?  No one seems to be
> saying that the "10 year rule" is perfect.  What people are complaining
> about is a nebulous statement that the "10 year rule" is dead, and that this
> list is for discussing "Classic" computers.  It is obvious to anyone what
> the "10 year rule" meant.  I don't see where anyone is clear what "Classic"
> means.

At last! Somebody has got the point.

To be honest, I didn't much care for the 10 year rule, but it had the 
great advantage it was unambiguous. A computing machine over 10 years old 
was on-topic, one younger than that was off topic. Simple.

Now I have no idea what a classic computer is now defined as. It may well 
mean different things to different people. I am sure there are machines 
that everyone here will think of as classics (let's say the original 
straight-8). There are others that are more boderline.

I am seriously considering unsubscribing over this. Not because of the 
noise on the list. Not because I have any particular love of the 
10-year-rule (or any other date-related rule). But because I now have no 
idea what this list is actually supposed to be talking about. And there 
seems little point in remaining on such a list.

-tony