Re: [External] : Re: Gitlab Migration

[Tim Cross]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> For younger people, I suspect part of it is just a perception of email
>> as being old and outdated and not fitting as well with their 'style' of
>> communication, which tends to be about short messages and group chat in
>> near 'real time'.
>
> Shiny New Toy syndrome, aka Flavor Of The Month.
>
> (Not at all limited to youth, of course.)

Sadly, I think comments like this are all too frequent from us oldies.
They feel simplistic, overly dismissive and somewhat arrogant. For youth,
nearly everything is shiny and new - we forget that for us, email was
shiny and new once upon a time. The difference could just as easily be
due to us 'old dogs' failing to learn new tricks and failing to
recognise the evolution in social interaction brought about by new
technologies. If it is just the flavour of the month, it is a very long
month and I see little evidence of that flavour becoming stale. I'm sure
it will continue to evolve, but feel it is very unlikely to go back the
other way.