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Top 5 Submerging Technologies Pinpointed

Posted by simoniker on Monday October 20, 2003 @09:15AM from the blub-blub-blub dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Computerworld makes its picks of five 'submerging' (i.e. dying) technologies, as the article asks 'Where are the review committees for obsolete technologies?' The picks, made by 'corporate IT managers and analysts', include Windows 9x, client/server computing and Visual Basic 6."

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FP??? by facilitatorrt · 2003-10-20 09:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Yessir... this stuff is what really counts. FP!?!?!?
They, of course... by cliffy2000 · 2003-10-20 09:16 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Forgot submarines. Those have been submerging since the German U-Boats of World War II!
Windows 9X - WINE by RichMan · 2003-10-20 09:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I have to wonder about the guy who said his windows 98 applications have no where to go. It should not be to much work to get those working under WINE. At this point WINE probably provides better windows 9X compatibility than XP.