TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: nthelp
to: Geo
from: /m
date: 2006-06-11 08:04:18
subject: Re: Vista Beta 2 - B. 5384.

From: /m 

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:07:42 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

> Granted things like IBM
>backing it, and 7 companies making PC's did help but those were after the
>fact, it never would have gotten started without apple's help.

I was working in a $5B corporation when the IBM PC was released.  Within a
week, the Apple was secondary because "IBM released a personal
computer".

Once IBM released the PC, Apple had no chance in the corp world.


Aside from that, I'm in pretty good agreement with your comments.

 /m

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 5030/786
@PATH: 379/45 1 106/2000 633/267

SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.