Remember we had a discussion which included disagreements on Planned Obsolescence?
Some said that it does not exist in the technology marketspace, all we are actually seeing is innovation. One of the examples of Planned Obsolescence and the manufacture-sell-dispose cycle used was computer chip manufacturers who require new motherboards be purchased to upgrade processors. Intel's next line of processors has a ONE PIN difference from the previous line. Now some people may think that there was no way that Intel could have added the performance enhancements and the other features on this chip without having to change ONE PIN, but you know what? I really doubt it. I think it is more a business move, so motherboard manufacturers move product, computer makers move product,Microsoft moves product (windows and office preinstalled on most PCs) Intel gets new chips to market in new systems and the entire mechanism moves onto yet another consumerist cycle - Planned Obsolescence. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/04/21/1349225 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316465 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
