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   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to John Levine   
   Re: 1958--a year of change at Grand Cent   
   29 Jan 18 12:19:58   
   
   On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 3:28:32 PM UTC-5, John Levine wrote:   
   > If you had looked at the wikipedia article, you'd already know all about it:   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briarcliff_Manor_Public_Library   
      
   Well, it's nice that Wikipedia chose to cover your local library,   
   but other libraries do not necessarily have that honor.  Further,   
   Wikipedia is harder to access since they now refuse access to   
   users with older browsers.   
      
   Seems strange to me that PC software becomes obsolete so fast since,   
   after all, it has no moving parts.  I have mainframe programs 35   
   years old running just fine every day.  I have a 20 y/o automobile   
   that runs well, despite being a mechanical device, subject to all   
   the jolts and bumps of moving at 60 mph and the heat and wear of   
   a piston gasoline engine.  Sure seems to me that if a mechanical   
   automobile can last for 20 years (or more), a piece of PC software   
   ought to do likewise.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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