On Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:03:14 UTC+11, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 06:45:33AM +0200, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > > But it's a strange thing to want to do. A bit like asking for the > > > Ford Model T gear shift in a modern car. > > > > I reject this analogy and the implied value judgement. > > > > > Choices have been made by those who had the right influence (you may > > > want to call it power) and some of those choices were known to be > > > wrong at the time or were discovered to be wrong subsequently - we > > > call this history. The best we can do now is to make sure that when > > > new choices present themselves (which is all the time, of course) the > > > decision making is closer to the needs of those who have to live with > > > them. The rest is known familiarly as politics. > > > > What is your point? I need to elevate myself with in trade > > organizations to avoid using javascript? I'm not sure where you're > > going with this.
It is a pointless reflection. There is no need for a Model T gear box, and there hasn't been for years.
