Re: Free OS/400

["Chris Rehm" <javadisciple@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Personally, I don't think the iMacs are ugly either. But that is the only
thing he knew of as a Mac.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@taylorcorp.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: Free OS/400


> "No, I think they're ugly."
>
> Are you nuts...the tower G4's and the Titanium's are gorgeous! True, the
> iMacs are kind of ugly. You should NEVER buy a computer by the way it
> looks...
>
> Ahem....sorry, back to my RPG programming....
>
> Mike Wills
> IT Corporate Support
> MNWills@taylorcorp.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rehm [mailto:javadisciple@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 2:56 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Free OS/400
>
>
> Holy, moly! I'd forgotten that tag!
>
> Maybe a little militant.  ;-)
>
> What surprised me was the number of people willing to get bent!
>
> The desktop operating system market is such a quagmire. Just last Saturday
I
> was over at a friends house and the subject of the MS lawsuit came up.
"That
> doesn't involve me," he said. "I didn't even look at a Microsoft computer.
I
> bought a Dell."
>
> Imagine the difficulty trying to get that guy to move to a different
> platform. I asked him if he had looked at a Mac. "No, I think they're
ugly."
>
> > Chris
> >
> > Haven't read the rest of your post yet, but wanted to comment on the
> above.
> >
> > When I said "Dropped without a Fight"    I meant that IBM gave into MS
> > without a marketing fight.  I didn't mean OS/2 users didn't put up a
> fight.
> >
> >  I believe MS said,  Either you drop OS/2 or you ain't getting any
> > thing from us until the day it ships.  (They got the advance copy of
> > Win/95 a
> day
> > before G.A. IBM had no time to get it to work on their machines).
> >
> >
> > And Chris to prove how much I remember your fight, I will close with
> > this.
> >
> > "Get OS/2 or Get Bent"
> >
> >
> > Hmm.  where did I see that before.  (yes kids, I have a memory)
> >
> > John Carr
>
> Chris Rehm
> javadisciple@earthlink.net
> If you believe that the best technology wins the
> marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.
>
>

Chris Rehm
javadisciple@earthlink.net
If you believe that the best technology wins the
marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.


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