Despite the innovations that Microsoft and others come up with, the real world still relies on the technology of 20 or more years ago.
One recent story that raised a smile was Nasa bemoaning the fact that future Space Shuttle missions were in jeopardy because of a lack of Intel 8086 microprocessors. It wouldn't surprise me if fe...
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