27 Aug
2012
27 Aug
'12
5:58 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf at concentric.net>; "General Discussion:
On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: The fall of CP/M?
Back when I was involved in expert-witness stuff, I took some expert-
witness training courses. Some amazing things were said during them--
by very high-paid litigation attorneys. One of which was something
to the effect of "we expect the jury to have the attention and
intelligence of the average fourth-grader".
So, am I surprised? No, not at all. Do I suspect that the verdict
may be overturned or the fine modified? Yup.
We haven't seen the end of this one by any means.
We live in interesting times. I just got the following article in my
email:
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/08/hp-dell-pc-makers-in-
desperate-need-of-a-reboot
The death of the PC?
--Chuck
Has anyone here ever been on a jury? The average company doesn't pay you
while you are on jury duty so you just need a note from your boss to get out
of going (weeding out most professionals).
There will not be a death of the PC, just companies who assemble them and
then mostly just US based firms. Sooner or later we will have the choice of
a few low profile models of Asian designed, manufactured, and assembled
pieces of junk for $199. I expect most of these PCs to have pirated Windows
installed or no OS at all.