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HP, The company I learned to admire back in the 80's, capable of designing and producing amazing test equipment and other outstanding electronic products, turned into a cheap consumer manufacturer after 2000, when they split the business, spinning of Agilent Technologies, lately revranded Keysight. A truly sad ending for what once was a company to look up to. Speaking about the decadence of the west... alfyvr

OBS could work for you. It takes some time to get comfortable with the idea that it is a stream recorder. But the results are worth it. And you can run it on Linux too. alf

Thanks. It seems I needed to grant permission once again.

It's been a few days since I last received the CP daily news newsletter email. I have made sure my subscription is still active, and saw no issues with spam filters on my email account. Yet, no luck so far...

I too share your pain. Recently I bought a Chromebook.It is refreshing to experience once again how a computer is supposed to work. Seniors, in particular, should be spared the suffering of using an OS requiring such relentless doses of updates as Windows does. If all they need to do is browse the internet, why should they be bothered with useless eye-candy desktop widgets? Simplicity is a requirement for efficiency.

Regarding A, I hate to say that sometimes you are left with no choice. It is part of the unavoidable friction that ensues when someone would not listen to reasons, not even in front of overwhelming evidence.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, unfortunately, I am the sole author of the library. It was a colossal mistake on my part: I failed to rally support and get other developers enthusiastic about the whole idea. Developers (average ones) don't like risks. Lesson learned. I will probably end up packing-up and leaving, however I am trying to allow myself some prudent time before doing so. I don't want to "go from a old job", but instead I want to "go to a new job".

Thank you for your reply. You bring up good points!

My VP of eng. told me a couple of weeks ago, the library I have been working on for the last year or so, uses the wrong approach, paradigm, and language ("explosively disruptive", were his words). He then asked me to stop work and "park it" for the time being. Instead, our organization will adopt a third-party library, of worse off quality (although feature rich and complete), for the most part closed-source, and (arguably) free. The SW solution implemented using this library will be used in the manufacturing of a highly sophisticated piece of electronics. The message is clear: I have to give support to this alternative solution, which effectively makes my job obsolete, and if I don`t (or things fail the way I anticipate they will), chances are I will get laid off. It seems like I can`t win: - If the third party library solution works, I have successfully proven that my job is obsolete. - If it fails, I am guilty of negligence, and I have failed, and very likely I will end up jobless in this case too. Do you see any dignifying way out of this conundrum? Start typing my resume? Cheers. ALF