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In <33305cf6.0@usamrid.isd.net>, chucks@isd.net (Erik Funkenbusch) writes:
>In article <333008b1.0@news.essex1.com>, bgqhr!drrdw0.bnl (Chris J. Alumbaugh) wrote:
>>What a lame, ignorant post, from someone who defends a certain other
>>software company whose dismal record on ship dates is overshadowed only by
>>horror stories of ~43 yr old "lost" letters from the postal service.  IBM
>>has "delievered" quite a bit of the technologies that are the computer you
>>are running, and let's see,, Microsoft made a mouse and BOB and a some
>>other stuff that  I have even a lower opinion of.  Yeah, I guess Microsoft
>>delievered on Windows 95 and active X and IE,, but I got to say, I'll take
>>"dead" IBM technology ANY day over what MS dellievered. Can you say
>>CAIRO=1994??  Wouldn't happen to have a harddrive with PMRL technology
>>would you?
>
>Excuse me?  NT 3.1 didn't even come out until 1993, Cairo wasn't even planned 
>until 1994.  How the hell could it have been late before it was even 
>announced?
>
>Fact is, the vast majority of MS products are delivered ON TIME or *EARLY*.

Nonsense.  This goes against the grain and every prediction and 
expectation of everyone in 1992 and 1993 about NT and Cairo.

Rgds,

Chris



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