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G'Day William Taylor, you wrote:
: In article <DowpGx.Ms1@midway.uchicago.edu> david raoul derbes,
: loki@quads.uchicago.edu writes:
: >It's very sad for Microsoft, really: they will be beaten at the high
: >end by a combination of Linux and Warp Server; they will be beaten at
: >the low end by Merlin. They are really, really in trouble in the OS
: >market. Eventually the press will figure this out, oh, say, by 1998.
: >

: Beaten? In case you haven't noticed, Microsoft has already won the entire
: war. Heck, Bill Gates could write a personal check an BUY Apple if he
: wanted just to get the software technology<g>.

No he couldnt. They wouldnt sell. Why would they?? Their computers are
making a comeback in a big way, and market share is increasing.

: Linux? I love it, but the find of ferver needed to use and enjoy linux is
: lmited to about 1% of today's computer users. Warp? A techi's delight,
: but again it is of NO interest to the mass of average users. 

: What I HAVE noticed is that the technology of the future (hw and sw) is
: appearing on almost every  platform other than the PC well in advance. I
: have managed to stay ahead of the curve buy using other platforms, and
: this has really benefitted me in the job market. Mac development skills
: were a big help when Windows replaced DOS. Unix expertise gets higher
: salaries, especially with the current internet frenzy. Unix SQL
: experience put me ahead of the curve when the client/server thing
: started. Playing with NeXTstep gave me a lot of OO experience once it
: showed up in a major way on PC's.

You'd think that the PC would get all of the new software stuff first,
being the largest market and all.

I guess it all boils down to the idea that "minority" computer systems (ie
Amiga's, Apple's, Linux's, OS/2's) have a greater ratio of people willing
to put their home computers to good use (such as programming)

: WT