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Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Wade Heninger
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 04:49
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In article <30EF474E.2882@guild.bc.ca>, Remy Saville <rem@guild.bc.ca> wrote:

> The Dark Lord Of The Sith wrote:
> > I am sorry Issa, but you have shown yourself to be a fool...Copland will
> > be stronger than '95 and Gershwin will be even more so than Merlin (the
> > new version of Windoze NT).
> 
> You don't look so cool either, when you call Merlin, the next version of 
> OS/2, the next version of Windows NT.  Even if Copland is better than win95, 
> Nashville is already in beta.  Nashville=Win96 and will be released in 97 :)

Let me get this straight...it is in beta and wont be released until 97? 
Yeah right.

> Why does nobody compare OS/2 to win95 or copland?  Its better than win95, 
> better than what I hear about copland, and its out now, with a nice update 
> due out in a few months. (Merlin)

Thats a good question.  It seems every big organization has to screw up
their crown jewel OS.  M$ screwed up NT, Apple continually screws up the
MacOS and IBM follows suit.

Regards,

Wade
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From: heninger@yvax.byu.edu (Wade Heninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 21:49:07 -0700
Organization: Brigham Young University
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