CA>Hello Thurston -

CA>--8<--cut

CA>TW>> Well in my Experience the program compatability was poor
CA>TW>> Particularly with thc Major manfacturers. They DID
CA>TW>> slightly tweek their CP/M OS and delibertly wrote the
CA>TW>> programs to need those tweeks to LOCK YOU IN!!

CA>TW>> Thewre were of course some exceptions, THAT is why I used
CA>TW>> the word "SOME" i nmy post. The most notable one was
CA>TW>> KayPro and Commodore making their CP/M machines compatable
CA>TW>> with the Osborne CP/M that had a somewhat large base of
CA>TW>> programs to draw from.

CA>TA> Ah the good old days 8-)

CA>I think what Tom was describing points out that "the good old
CA>days" weren't all that "good"?

CA>TA> I wonder why none of the linux distros can't match that
CA>TA> path to get more non-nerd users envoled with linux?

CA>Windows is too close to satisfying non-nerds requirements and
CA>it comes pre-installed with 100s of acquaintances that have
CA>used Windows and are available for advice at no charge at work,
CA>at play, even at home. :-)

That may have been true because Apple/Mac priced its self too high,
and Commodore shot it self in its trip from Pet to (I've forgot 8-(
but with deflation faceing us; Linspere may make to the mass market
world of competion that makes our world go around. There now three
big marketers selling systems useing linspire and six now selling
the OS over the counter.

(My viewpoint may be warped by the significant number of academics
here in the Boston-Cambridge area who support Linuxs rather than
microsoft. We have three user groups I am aware of.)

Ciao, Ack.

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