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In <3334D128.548E@ibm.net>, joseph <josco@ibm.net> writes:
>Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>> 
>> In article <5gsssh$bvk@lehi.kuentos.guam.net>, crobato@kuentos.guam.net wrote:
>
>> >Nonsense.  This goes against the grain and every prediction and
>> >expectation of everyone in 1992 and 1993 about NT and Cairo.
>> 
>> Please provide sources for this Chris.  You can't, because they don't exist.
>
>Erik,
>
>The Source is in your library Erik.  Try looking up a trade rag from
>1992.
>This is has become a Sophmoric rant where you hold you personal
>ignorance.
>

The reason why Erik is brave to say this because the vintage of such 
data---from magazines and books in the early nineties, are not placed in
the Web.  As if the Web is the only source of information.  Yes, go find
and read every computer magazine in the first two years of this decade 
in print.  They are all there.


>The sources do exist.  MS dissemented lots of information about CAIRO
>and NT starting back in 1992 which is where was first exposed to CARIO. 
>I have seen that MS material in hard copy as it was given to Windows
>Developers who were learning OLE. 
>
>> I challenge you to name 10 products that MS was more than 3 months late with.
>> I can name dozens that were on time or early.

Name one that is really on time and early.  Windows 4.0 was expected 
October 1994.  NT was expected in 1992.  Cairo, the follow on to NT, was
expected at least from 1994.  NT with Cairo interface was expected 
within a few months, even within the year, Windows 95 was released.  IE 
4 looks like it's going to be delayed now.  

>
>You have gotten absurd.
>
>Try naming just *one dozen( of MS products -- of the many dozens -- that
>were on time or early.  Office97 -- nope. 

Indeed.  The challenge is the other way around.

>
>
>There are two classes of people: those who MS lied to about CARIO / NT
>and OLE and those who were not important enoungh to be lied to by MS. 
>You have decided to spin those who were insigificant and do not matter
>and as an added plus you get to mildly irritate those who were lied to
>by MS and remember the lies.  Big deal.  You could also get attention by
>peeing in your pants in public and milding irritating people.
>
>Windows 1.0, windows 2.0  windows 3.0 windows 95 and apparently windows
>97 are/were late.
>NT3.1 and NT 4.0 and Apparently NT 5.0 are all very late.
>
>
>-- 
>Joseph Coughlan
>Replies are welcome at joseph_coughlan@otter.montery.edu


Rgds,

Chris

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