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In article <liuyu.715378220@kramden> liuyu@kramden.nyu.edu (Liuyu) writes:

>Many people who have older hardware think it is only fair to support BOTH
>standards!! If you don't get the logic, I give UP!
>Say you had a step mother and she has a kid. Both you and her kid are rotten
>scums (being old hardware). Is it fair for her (IBM) to dump you (Herc) but 
>not her kid (CGA)?? If IBM wants to support old hardware, why not ALL?! They
>only seem to support their own. A bad step mother.

Now to be fair - let's make that an accurate analogy - there isn't a step
mother here.  IBM has no relation to Hercules other than that the Hercules
card was made to fit into IBM's chasis.  I don't see anything wrong with
IBM's choice to only support their own products.  It might not be the nicest
not to have support for Hercules, but I wouldn't call it unfair.  Why should
IBM be responsible for supporting some other company?

>Though I doubt they will pull support on THEIR own standard VGA.
> (...)
>You sound like you have never used Hercules card. There are many, repeat many,
>applications support standard Hercules. Don't try to make a comment on a
>product you have no experience with!

But it's not IBM's card - why are you holding IBM responsible?

>Let's drop this subject. I know IBM will never support standards other than
>its own. No matter how big my voice is, they won't listen... No wonder many
>people stay away from IBM products. They are too arrogant and insensitive to
>customers' demand. I learn my lesson.... (sigh)

Actually, I'd like to turn this around and make it a strong point in IBM's
favor.  People have made posts wondering about IBM's long term support for
OS/2 given the other stuff happening in the marketplace and what not.  Take
this as an example.  Even at this point in time, IBM is making sure that
they do a best effort to support standard system components that they put
out (CGA/EGA) quite a while ago.

Just goes to show that once IBM puts official support behind something,
they're in it for the long haul.

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