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Re: NT vs. UNIX

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From: Christopher Ruckman
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:22
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In comp.windows.ms, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
>But I'll bet that most businesses still use far more PCs than
>anything else. After all, why would anyone need a Sparc for
>wordprocessing when Wordperfect 5.1 will run perfectly well on
>a 286 PC? The 286 will cost a tenth of what the Sparc goes for
>anyhow.

It's only useful to have *hardware* capable of multi-tasking if you have
*thinking skills* capable of multi-tasking.  There are plenty of folks
for whom using one program at a time is nearly overwhelming, let alone
switching between several.  Buy them a 486-50 with all the slick Windows
app's you want, and they'll be so intimidated they'll go back to the
typewriter.
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From: ruckman@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Christopher Ruckman)
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Subject: Re: NT vs. UNIX
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Date: 28 Jul 92 20:22:54 GMT
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