RE: System/34

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I enjoyed reading your response Chris.
It's too bad that old saying "May the best man win" isn't always true.
The inferior product often wins out - I guess you can fool most of the
people most of the time !

Just one example:
NT = VHS
OS/400 = Beta

Yes, I do use VHS (have 4 VHS decks, 2 of them Super VHS) - but the
picture quality on my two Sony Beta decks is still better !

:-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rehm [SMTP:Mr.AS400@ibm.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 1998 1:49 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: System/34
> 
> ** Reply to note from "Donald L. Schenck" <dschenck@blazenet.net> Sat,
> 21 Feb 1998 09:23:05 -0500
> 
>      <<  big snip >>
>  
> One last thing, if NT were technically equivelent to OS/400 then I
> would
> see that IBM could compete with it by simply enhancing OS/400 to make
> it
> the better choice. Then, I would see how the competition between the
> two
> companies would over time make me the big winner as I would get better
> products in the future. 
> 
> But that isn't the case, NT is inferior but gaining market share
> anyway. I
> know that this means the same thing for me as it did when Win95 took
> over
> the desktop. Without competition products are stagnant. If IBM doesn't
> raise the ante with OS/400, then NT will sit year after year with no
> improvement. Just like Win95. 
> 
> Why would this be something to desire?
> 
> >  
> > Peace, 
> >  
> > -- Don
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Rehm
> Mr.AS400@ibm.net
> 
> How often can you afford to be unexpectedly out of business?
> Get an AS/400.
> 
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