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Article #2780Re: Fed up with MIPS
From: Wm E Davidsen Jr
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1989 13:11
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1989 13:11
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In article <76700077@p.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes: | But most office clerical work needs no more than an XT 8088 machine | and WordPerfect. They don't need color, SPICE, or a large database. | Let's hope these clericals are doomed, or the PC industry will die as | they flourish. Sorry, you're making poor use of your clerical workers. SPICE they don't need, but access to databases, color highlighting for better productivity, and bit mapped graphics to display pictures and drawings all boost productivity. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Fed up with MIPS Message-ID: <1319@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Date: 23 Oct 89 13:11:28 GMT References: <76700077@p.cs.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: GE Corp R&D Center Lines: 16