Re: CityRail website

David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
22 Nov 1997 02:39:03 GMT

Mike Joyce (mikej@a011.aone.net.au) wrote:
>> > Java and Java Script are the way forward.
>> Yes, but they should still provide backwards compatability.
>
>> I am sure that people would have got annoyed if Win95 came out, and
>> Micro$oft said that no
>> programs from your old OS will work any more, you will just have to
>> update the programs.
>
>And I suppose that all CD players should play records? Otherwise those
>people without CD players would be disadvantaged. : )
>The reality is that if you want to listen to most new music you HAVE to buy
>a CD player. Bad luck to those people who don't update.

No you don't. You can still buy cassettes and play them on a 1970 vintage
cassette player. It won't be in full stereo, but you can still hear the
music.

You can still watch TV on a 1956 vintage B&W set.

Cheers
David