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Marvin The Martian wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 21:54:45 -0700, Paul Rickard <msbc@abctec.com>
> wrote:
>
> >If you're a computer user, this message directly concerns you. Are you
> >tired of having to use the same buggy software everybody else uses just
> >because it's the "standard"? How many times have you paid an outrageous
> >price for a software upgrade that was worse than the last version? If
> >you're like us, you want to have more choice about the kind of computers
> >and software you run at home and at work. We're tired of having the same
> >"standard" buggy computer products shoved down our throats month after
> >month. We joined together and made The Microsoft Boycott Campaign to try
> >and relieve the money-based standards holding our computers back a
> >decade or more. If you want to help us return REAL choice to the
> >computer industry, join our campaign. Aim your hopefully Netscape-made
> >web browser to www.abctec.com/~msbc and find out more!
>
> Don't get me wrong I'm not an avid MS supporter however having a
> standard for the computer industry is a good thing. Without some type
> of standard we would be back to where we were in the 80's with
> competing Hardware and Software standards that wouldn't interchange
> with each other. People may hate Gates because he is a shrewd
> businessman but if you were in his position and YOU owned a
> multi-billion dollar company wouldn't YOU expand into every field your
> product touched to get another piece of the pie - sure you would and
> so would I, it's good business. Yes MS has released software with bugs
> - lots of bugs - so has every other software manufacture. I don't know
> of a single piece of software written that doesn't have at least one
> bug. As far as money holding back computer technology well that's
> bullshit - Intel and the rest of the hardware industry dump billions
> into R&D and they're not shy about charging for it. If you want top of
> the line equipment with the speed of a Mach 5 jet well you could
> always buy yourself an Alpha based system they start at $4000 and use
> their own OS. If you want a "non-standard" you can buy a MAC they're
> excellent for graphics but plan to spend more time and money finding
> programs for it. Just what would you recommend for an OS, A OS for the
> masses, one that's easy to use, has programs of all kinds written for
> it- none huh. Well what if we were to roll back the clock and
> eliminate MS what OS had the potential to be what MS is now? Our egos
> determine how expensive our computers are and we measure ourselves in
> MHZ, GIGs, MBs, and KBPS. when our neighbor tells us he has a P-200
> with 64mb RAM and an ISDN modem we feel inadequate and thats our fault
> NOT Bill Gates, NOT Intels but ours. Anyone want to go back to the
> 80's I have a TRS-80 and an Atari you can have, of course you can't
> use all that buggy software you keep asking all the software
> developers to produce quicker and quicker.
>
> "Of course that's just my opinion I could be wrong"

     Nope, you're right!  I got a P-200, 32 MB RAM, 3 GIG HD, 33.6 Kbps modem
running Win95.  Better Pentiums have come out, my RAM could use a little
upgrading, bigger hard drives are out, and my modem is kind of back in the
past.  The bad part is, my computer won't recognize my modem as 33.6!  I'm
pretty sure my manufacturer sent me the wrong drivers for it, because it's
running as a 28.8 right now, but my ISP's lines are 28.8, so it doesn't
matter.  My point is that my computer doesn't actually need any upgrades;
there are still people running P-166s, with 16 MB RAM!  Mine is still better
than some, so I'm happy.  So what if someone else gots a Pentium2 266 MHz,
and 64 MB RAM?!  I don't care!  I'm pretty sure I can laugh at them for
paying that $2,500 (compared to my $2,000) for something that isn't much
better than what I got (2 inches more monitor and P2-266).  Who really needs
2 inches more monitor and that whopping 266?!  I could probably get them to
buy my CPU for the $277.00 they sell 'em for and just pay them about $500.00
more to get me a P2-266, and why in the hell would I want to pay more for 2
inches of monitor!  15" is enough monitor for me!  Win95 runs great with what
I got right now!  Microsoft did a great job with this software.

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