Technocracy: All Software Must Die

I admit that my ostensible hatred for George R.R. Martin is really just jealousy for his success. The man probably sleeps in a bathtub of gold coins at night (but only because J.K. Rowling does). He’s the jumping off point for this week’s WND Technocracy column.

Viewed in that light, a devotion to ancient technology is no longer a quaint eccentricity. It’s a lapse in judgment.

Martin revealed recently that he works on an incredibly antiquated machine running MS-DOS. He writes the “Song of Ice and Fire” books in Wordstar 4.0, a program that was popular before WordPerfect was invented. It’s as if that damned fisherman hat he wears everywhere wasn’t enough to assure Martin’s fans that he’s eccentric enough for them to venerate.

It’s merely funny when a famous author does it. When our business and, worse, our utilities use outdated software and hardware, we’re facing some real vulnerabilities.

Read the full column here in WND News.