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In reply to the discussion: Is the U.S. Constitution outdated? [View all]unblock
(52,112 posts)38. yes; as with most microswift products, it was minimally sufficient
just clarifying that i'm not saying it was sucky compared to what came later.
i'm saying that it was sucky at the time. i could have, AND DID, write a much better operating system my junior year in college, 1983. not saying i'm special, pretty much everyone in the class succeeded in this simple project.
just as one example, there was absolutely zero merit in the "8.3" file naming convention. that convention was a thorn in the side of microswift developers and users until, what, windows nt, i think is when they finally broke (mostly) free of that.
it could have easily been made better but the bill gates business model proved that there's more profit to be made by leaving improvements to later versions.
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Yes. I want Boehner & Cantor, Ryan & Coburn, McConnell & McCain to write me a new one. . .
Journeyman
Feb 2012
#6
Any Constitution is only as good as the Supreme Court allows it to be.
2ndAmForComputers
Feb 2012
#8
The Constitution was written by liberals and still favors liberals - even with its flaws.
banned from Kos
Feb 2012
#11
Thank you for the link to Jefferson's letter. It certainly deserves consideration.
think
Feb 2012
#13
but the applications would have been developed faster, with fewer bugs, and working better together
unblock
Feb 2012
#41
nonsense. ms-dos was commercially successful because of factors having nothing to do with quality
unblock
Feb 2012
#47
Yes. Abolish the Electoral system and the House of Lords... err, I mean the Senate
crazylikafox
Feb 2012
#28
With all the nut-jobs running around in congress and in state governments right now, it would
shraby
Feb 2012
#32
It's very interesting to see how the Founders really viewed the Constitution.
white_wolf
Feb 2012
#44