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Article #293Re: An Interesting Question
From: John Witters
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 17:02
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 17:02
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In article <CnG1C5.78n@pts.mot.com> heda_mo@pts.mot.com writes: > >I have an interesting technical/scientific question. Please think carefully > before answering it :: > >Suppose we were living in 1970 again, with all technical knowledge that we >have today. >What stages of progress would we / could we skip ?? > >Basically, what mistakes did we do ?? The Intel 8086 and MS-DOS! >You may say, none of them were mistakes but a way to learn and correct >ourselves. I agree. But if you could do it again, what wouldn't you repeat >?? Basically, the whole personal computer industry repeated the mistakes that were made in the 1950s and 1960s. I guess if we couldn't learn from the past, we shouldn't expect to learn from the future either. If we knew then what we know now, Bill Gates would probably still be a billionaire from selling MS-DOS. -John -- John Witters (206) 353-4672 (H) (206) 356-5274 (W) 210 124th ST. S.W. Apt. #1 witters@eskimo.com (Internet) Everett, Washington 98204 Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Add me to your .signature and join in the fun!
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