TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>Only in the sense of them expanding their market share to include
RJT>a lot of people that didn't want to be bothered with "all that tech 
RJT>stuff".  The one who do are still quite actively using dos,  and 
RJT>the command line in linux, other things,  but are a significantly 
RJT>small minority compared to the vast majority of point-and-click 
RJT>users,  which is what they were aiming at.

RJT>I still think it's a pretty horrible "standard" in some respects.

TW>  NO argument form me on that one. In fact I think the present
TW> windpws in some ways is a lesser Operating System then the one I
TW> used many years ago on a Apple Lisa machine. IT was a rock stable
TW> operating system.  soemthing Windows is only "approaching" some 20
TW> years Later. OF course Apple with thier UNIX bases OS again takes a
TW> quantium leap leaving Windows looking a VERY poor Second.
TW> NOW if they only can catch up in avaialble, AND equilivent,
TW> Programs. 

It just ain't gonna happen...

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