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fred@compu.com (Fred Rump) writes:

>         They're failing? I wouldn't mind failing like that any day now.
>         
>         I think MS goes where the money is. They have a good feel for the 
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

It sure is.  That's all it thinks about.  That's why 386 machines are 
still running an operating system about 10 years old now.

>         marketplace which IBM does not - despite it's minions of high 
>         priced analysts. IBM keeps trying to change the market, MS flows 
>         with it.
>         
>         You give the consumer (the little guy) what he wants and all is 
>         well.

Well, what I want (I'm a consumer, a little guy) is something better than 
MS-DOS.  I want a real, multitaking operating system that I don't have to 
spend $1000 in software, and another $500 (at least) in hardware on (a la 
Unix).  IBM tries to change the market because it knows tha yo can't live 
on bread and water all your life.  I think that Microsoft just tries to 
push the bread and water in your face until the day you die from 
malnutrition, and *then* it'll try to find another victim.


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Victor C. Limary
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