Re: The future of computing

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Damato"


>
> I think this group is fairly willing to bash IBM.  I don't see how the
drive
> stuff pertains to this future of computing thread.  Neither issue
mitigates
> the other.
>
> Yes, the price of AS/400 disk drives and current quality issues are
> extremely troubling.  Comparing these drive issues to the stability of
> Microsoft's operating systems, and current and proposed Internet services
is
> a bit farfetched.

The "drive stuff"  is the most recent testament to the kind of ignorance
that always seems to accompany threads such as this one.

I'd managed to stay out of this thread until I saw that post of Steve's
which I responded to. It reaked of the kind of nauseating, adolescent,
technology worship that I expect to see on Usenet - not on a mailing list
comprised of seasoned professionals.

Statements such as "Are YOU willing to bet your MISSION CRITICAL
infrastructure on Microsoft??", are inflammatory, pointless, and insulting
to the many professional technicians who successfully manage both IBM and
Microsoft technologies.

> A shill may be a shill, but this .NET stuff is the mother
> of all shills.

Pin that one on your fridge, Jim. One day you'll look at it with the same
level of amusument we now assign to this little gem:

     "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas
Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943


-john









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