20 Oct
2000
20 Oct
'00
2:45 a.m.
In <Pine.GSO.3.96.1001020083812.3027A-100000(a)helios.augustana.edu>du>, on
10/20/00
at 10:45 AM, "Kevin L. Anderson" <kla(a)helios.augustana.edu> said:
For the first, with computers so widespread and the
ease
to communicate between users so prevalent these days, maybe
we need the exact opposite -- for each of us to be isolated
from one another and not see the other's toys. As I think
Ernest recently said, he was happy with his first Commodore 64 until
someone told him otherwise. If we would instead just cherish what we
have, and <grin> otherwise sit in Dilbert-like mini-cubicles without the
ability to see your neighbor,
then we wouldn't know what we are missing...
That is really true. Remember the Commodore vs Atari 8-bit wars back
when? Apple was in it too but didn't have the graphics or sound to stand
up. I did envy thier internal expandability though.
I am not exactly thrilled with Microsoft products, and
would rather not
buy them. But then again BSD won't serve my family's needs. Just what
is available as a viable alternative for the "average Joe"? Not much
OS/2 Warp is the only other PC operating system that is truely easy to use
for the neophyte. It has the functionality of Unix/Linux (Posix compliance
too!) and a beautiful GUI that shames any other attempts I've seen. MS
crushed it on the desktop useing FUD tactics, outright threats to vendors,
and lies about it's forthcoming Win95 operating system. In 95', Win95 sold
six million Warp Connect seats after the netadmins of the world finally
got a copy and found the MS product wanting.
My wife uses Warp at home and likes it. If it ran Shockwave that would be
so much the better though. We did just get a Flash plugin. Still can't
watch new episodes of RADISKULL though. "I am Radiskull. I will kill you
all."
Jeff
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