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solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay) writes:

>In article <Jan.7.22.38.36.1993.20129@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
>>solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay) writes:
>>
>>>	GEOS is a realtime, multithreaded, multitasking graphical
>>>operating environment based on object-oriented programming technology
>>>that allows for scalability and ease of use. More important for
>>>developers, GEOS offers a flexible user interface that adopts the
>>>appropriate "look and feel" of different devices.
>>
>>Buzzword central.

>Hey, we only used the word "technology" once in the entire
>paragraph... 

My grandfather got an engineering degree before engineering degrees were
cool.  He associated with mathematicians, and wrote letters to Albert
Einstein regarding nuclear ethics.  However, faced with terms such as
"realtime," "multithreaded," "multitasking," "graphical operating 
environment," "object-oriented programming technology," "scalability,"
and "flexible user interface," he'd keel over and die of confusion. :)

I hope the computer press appreciates the fact that GEOS is the only
product to which _all_ those words apply.  Big-techie-buzzwords are to
OS's what features are to programs.  Whoever has the best buzzwords has
the best OS. ;)

-Shag

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