rohitkhare

Glad to hear from another NeXT & NCR 3125 pen computing enthusiast! Yes, it did feel like there were a lot more “new platforms” for early adopters to bet on and advocate for when so much was unsettled back “then” — but then again, none of that pen interface tech (Go and Windows for Pen Computing) worked as well as things finally work today...

As a NeXTStep user group leader, the usergroup scene is something else “in-person” that has been as altered as in-person offices were. Not lost or gone, but yes, different. Keep connecting, though — these are the “good ol’ days,” aren’t they?

From _Go Like Hell_ by A.J. Baime (2010):

> Ford Motor Company was hemorrhaging millions of dollars every month. It was impossible to give an exact number because there was no accounting system. “Can you believe it?” Henry II later remembered. “In one department they figured their costs by weighing the pile of invoices on a scale”

I’d suggest Firebase for scenarios that need real-time notification all way to a device, app, or browser.

Google Cloud Pub/Sub is better aligned to server-to-server messaging, similar to other Cloud queuing services, service buses, event logs, or open-source systems such as RabbitMQ or Kafka.

Is there a "defense fund" to contribute to? Any other constructive actions to suggest?