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From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
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Subject: Re: "A Forth OS In 46 Bytes"
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 06:47:44 GMT
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dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> writes:
>Are customers driving obsolescence - or it's forced on them by manufacturers?

How?

>I could go for 10 years without upgrading phones, computers etc.  But I'm not
>given the chance.

My phone is from 2009.  Nobody forces me to abandon it.  What chance
are you not given.

I recently updated much of my PC after 9 years, but not because I was
forced to.  In our office we tend to use the machines for 15-20 years.
E.g., our web server was bought in 2021 and replaced one from 2005.
But the 2005-vintage machine is still there and can be used when the
need arises.

What takes the chance from you to use your hardware for longer if you
want to?

- anton
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