RE: Mac is the AS/400 of Desktop Computing per Dvorak

Apparently "taxonomy" was the writer's vocabulary word of the day.  Too bad
she/he didn't bother to find out what it meant. <g>  It's interesting that
M$ titled the article "AS/400 Extinct..." rather than something like
"Microsoft Replaces Legacy Systems..."  Looks like someone's sensitive about
a certain platform.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Lewis [mailto:clewis@iquest.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:47 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Mac is the AS/400 of Desktop Computing per Dvorak
>
>
> Are you serious ? Of course Microsoft would make something
> like this up - or
> at least muddy the reality, which is probably closer to the
> truth here. The
> sheer fact that they went to all of the trouble even create
> an article like
> that should speak volumes ! And the BS about the reduction in
> cost of not
> having to have an AS/400 staff, well we ALL know what a crock that is
> compared to VAX of the PC-Server crowd !
>
> No offense intended here Bernd ! :-)
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Bernd Schaefers
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:43 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Mac is the AS/400 of Desktop Computing per Dvorak
>
>
> Sorry, one last word :) Yes, it's nice for us as/400 people
> to keep those
> rumours going, but I wonder if MS would make these things up.
> Again, the
> article
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/Tec
hNet/itsolutio
ns/techsol/showcase/itops/as400tn.asp

Bernd




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