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Article #352428Re: Why prolong the agony? Just get Windows 95...you'll be glad (you don't have a choice)
From: jsk... Jeff Kline
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
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ma...@neosoft.com () wrote: >Robert Russ (A-Robru) wrote: >: In article <4aqupk$j...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, ela...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu >: says... >: > >: >In <4aqpuo$4...@sloth.swcp.com>, Gen...@swcp.com (Gene Gajewski) writes: >: > >: >>This can't be right - OS/2 running an ATM? Heck - I'd shoot the manager >: >>that made that product decision. What an utter frickin waste! Does not >: >>anyone know how to right a clean concise embedded system? An ATM is a >: >>fairly stupid machine with a limited function... >: >======== >: > >: >An ATM might be considered a fairly stupid machine, but it a networked >: >unattended client that dispenses hundreds of thousands of dollars per day >: >per machine. >: > >: >Eric Larson >: >ela...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu >: > >: I think OS/2 users have a misconception of why OS/2 runs most of the ATM >: machines today. The reason for this is because IBM makes about 80% of the >: ATM cards that actually run the thing. With the card, IBM also provides >: the software. Now, do you think that IBM would not take advantage of this >: opportunity to use OS/2? It's no real mystery why OS/2 runs the ATM >: Machines, if another company made the cards then we probably would see >: another company OS running the ATM machines.... >: >: PEACE..... >: >: -- >: The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views >: and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation. >And I bet that Mr. Gates is jealous as hell. When can we expect >the MS Money System card? Probably do as well as the MS Sound System. >Mark <prefer Unix, myself> S. >-- >mar...@neosoft.com >A bad day of sailing beats a great day of work! Gads it's nice to see that their are others who see through all the smoke and dust that so many sales people make. Remember, there are really three classes of people in the world. Hippies, Hillbillies and Sales People.... Just ask em' "What are you??" Grin... Cheers, Jeff
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From: jsk...@winternet.com (Jeff Kline) Subject: Re: Why prolong the agony? Just get Windows 95...you'll be glad (you don't have a choice) Date: 1996/01/04 Message-ID: <4cfh3i$ccc@blackice.winternet.com> X-Deja-AN: 133932627 references: <DJG4tA.yE@news.hawaii.edu> <30CDF7C2.61D6@cdc.net> <4aqpuo$4iv@sloth.swcp.com> <4aqupk$jnf@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4arsjg$urg@news.microsoft.com> <4bfi5p$kh8@uuneo.neosoft.com> organization: StarNet Communications, Inc newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.multimedia,comp.graphics.animation,alt.games.doom,alt.games.descent,alt.games.warcraft,comp.graphics,alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.object,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.security.misc,comp.security.unix,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,fr.comp.windows.drivers,alt.windows95 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit