Technosaurs Deprecation

The effect of dinosaurs among the living is catastrophic at worst, and tenuous at best. A perfect example is the alligator. These creatures roam through populated areas such as Miami Florida, killing pets, eating children, and are then hunted down and executed. However, a small but vocal minority insists on protecting them.

The same thing applies to technology, a condition known jocularly as Technosaurs, or a software which was bad to start with, or of limited usefulness, which has, despite the best efforts of geniuses around the world, managed to persist in the marketplace.

The reasoning behind technosaurs is exactly the same as the reasoning for allowing alligators in Miami. A small but vocal (and often influential) minority insist on maintaining it,despite obvious limitations, availability of far superior software, and is sometimes irrationally promoted, regardless of popular hatred for it.

This is a case where longtime familiarity, unwillingness to learn new things, and a stubborn, dedicated admiration for that which everyone else hates, does overrule all logic.

This is not the same as a review, where one software is less popular than another, or has some minor bug. This is a case wherein the software is ancient, lacking in modern features, and even depricated.

"vi" is the poster child of Technosaurs. It would be difficult to find a more perfect example of an irrationally maintained and distributed software, and only DOS enjoys as much vigorous support from such a small demographic.

Donald Lee EW/ET/DP US Navy cold war Veteran ASWOC 574, Jacksonville FL. Bachellors of Arts in Asian Literature, Evergreen State College. Masters program for MCSS, Computer Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma.