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1. Urusan (urusan@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 23:15:26 UTC Urusan

   What technology, software, or practices do you still use despite the mainstream considering it obsolete?

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 23:15:25 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @urusan Tcl
   • John Kaniarz (jkaniarz@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 12:21:10 UTC John Kaniarz

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     @urusan Fortran. It’s not obsolete at all, but the mainstream hasn’t updated its opinion since Fortran ‘77.

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   • opencomputedesign@linuxrocks.online's status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 12:21:26 UTC OpenComputeDesign

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     @urusan VGA, DVI, PS2, PCI, Nano, 80 column rule, DIP chips, etc etc

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 12:24:04 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • mhd
     @mhd @urusan If my experience from the IT department of a small international manufacturing company is anything to go by, there'll be a bunch of database applications from the 80s out there running a whole bunch of Tcl. =)
     
     (I never touched Tcl there, I learned it later for unrelated reasons)
   • mhd (mhd@tilde.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 12:24:05 UTC mhd

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     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     @clacke @urusan Brother!

     So it's just us and oil companies.