Re: Re: Never do a system fu
  By: Sean Dennis to Mark Hofmann on Sat Jul 17 2021 02:23 pm

 > -=> Mark Hofmann wrote to Arelor <=-
 > 
 >  MH> Windows apps are on the decline.  Linux apps are on the incline, but in
 >  MH> reality most apps are just web services these days.  The
 >  MH> average user doesn't need apps on their PC.  Just a browser
 >  MH> is enough.  They just want to watch YouTube, check their
 >  MH> email, play some online games, etc.  The phone app market
 >  MH> has seen the most gains of any platform.
 > 
 > Then when the Internet goes down, no one can do anything anymore.  I
 > guess I'm an odd one out because I don't need to be online all the time
 > (well, except for the BBS, but I hope to have a POTS line eventually).
 > I still distrust the Internet in a lot of ways and, being the age that
 > I am, I always well.  Newer isn't always better, IMNSHO.
 > 
 > -- Sean
 > 
 > ... My other computer ... hey, where IS my other computer?
 > ___ MultiMail/Win v0.52

You and I are like brothers.

I grew up in a rural area which got access to the Internet very late, so in
fact every kid in the city grew up with full Internet connectivity while I was
still in the stoneage. This means I am acustomed to not having 24/7
connectivity. I like to operate my systems with the expectation that INternet
may not be available, which means I have local copies to work offline if
something goes wrong.

Lots of people out there don't care to have local copies of the music and
movies they like anymore. They say their backup is The Pirate Bay or Netflix.
Such shortsightedness.

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