Re: JAVA IS THE TIMEX SINCLAIR EMULATOR OF THE 90's.

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From: Scott Soderstrom
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00

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In article <30EAA8DD.2640@Valley.Net>, Ric Messier
<Ric.Messier@Valley.Net> wrote:

> John Long wrote:
> 
> > Of course, their *real* "killer app" was MSDOS, for a major hardware
> > introduction.
> > 
> 
> I know this isn't strictly relevant to the discussion but it Microsoft 
> just generally pisses me off because they have taken over the market 
> with clearly inferior products. The worst thing is, that first 'killer 
> app' wasn't even theirs. It belonged to Digital Research and Microsoft 
> bought it out just in time to license it to IBM. Good marketing strategy 
> but then what did they do with it? From a technical standpoint, they 
> held consumers hostage for years and years. We're only now getting to 
> the point where the operating systems from Microsoft are nearly usable.
> 
> Okay, my mind is getting sweaty too. Not to mention my hands.
> 
> Ric
> 

I think you just stated what I've been trying to explain to people for the
last year much more elequently than I have been able to. Nuff said.

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From: south@speakeasy.org (Scott Soderstrom)
Subject: Re: JAVA IS THE TIMEX SINCLAIR EMULATOR OF THE 90's.
Date: 1996/01/04
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