Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Nevin ":-]" Liber
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 11:14

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In article <19950916.118B438.96D2@olympus.net>, dons@olympus.net (Don
Schmelling) wrote:

> b) would be a good argument, but in this case we were
> talking about TRS-80 computers in 1988.  Not exactly a huge investment.

TRS-80s in 1988?  I'd be scared to turn it on; it's an antique.  How the
heck are you going to replace it if it breaks?

: b) The user might not consider himself permitted to flip said powerswitch.

> I would never call point b) dumb,

Earlier Don writes:

> I had an end-user walk into a computer lab once and say,
> "How come the computer is not doing anything?"
> I said, "Well it has to be powered up first."
> I definately consider that a dumb end-user.

How did you magically determine that this person considered himself
permitted to flip said powerswitch?
-- 
        Nevin ":-)" Liber       nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU    (520) 293-2799

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Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 04:14:18 -0700
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