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Article #66767Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!
From: aued... Steve Turnbull
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <32f1a9a2...@news.servtech.com>, jgl...@servtech.com (Jeff Glatt) wrote: > >Loren Petrich > >There were several desktop contenders from the late 1970's to the late 1980's. > >I'm sure that there might have been > >some other "winner" if M$ had never existed. And probably a superior one. > >Loren Petrich Happiness is a fast Macintosh > > But *definitely* not a Macintosh. The Atari ST and Amiga were both > technically superior to the Macintosh in the 80's The pervasive presence of the PC demonstrates that technical superiority is not relevant. Marketing is the important element. (I can't believe I'm contributing to this ludicrous thread...) -- Steve Turnbull (Editor, Acorn User, aued...@idg.co.uk) http://www.idg.co.uk/acornuser/
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From: aued...@idg.co.uk (Steve Turnbull) Subject: Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft! Date: 1997/01/27 Message-ID: <19970127.151629.36@acornuser.idg.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 212548239 distribution: world x-nntp-posting-host: dm.idg.co.uk references: <32DB2690.3533@geocities.com> <32e8224c.175753105@news.mindspring.com> <petrichE4ICtD.HCG@netcom.com> <32f1a9a2.4458096@news.servtech.com> x-nntp-poster: FreeNews 1.02 organization: Acorn User reply-to: aued...@idg.co.uk newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.os.linux.network,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,comp.security.misc,rec.aviat MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit