Re: OT - Shutting down an RS/6000 ?

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Umm, i would have sworn Apple had a GUI before Microsoft .... GUI desktops I
think is what you mean to give more credit to, nto Windows.

And it wasn't "netscape" and it wasn't "IE" that did it either.  Hell, AOL
gets more credit for the internet explosion than IE and netscape.

Cheap Internet access is what did it.  Do you think the internet would be
where it is today without the elimination of $20 a month for 100 hours?
Unlimited 56K access did it.  Broadband does it more so.

Also, I like IRC. ;)
GIMMIE OPS!

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 3:35 PM
Subject: RE: OT - Shutting down an RS/6000 ?


> > From: Hans Boldt
> >
> > The old dream of software portability is now becoming a reality, thanks
to
> > the growth of open standards in general, and Linux in particular.
>
> I'll just chime in one last time, as this is once again devolving from a
> specific issue to one of zealotry.
>
> Unix is great for stream file manipulation, that's what it was built for,
> which is why in many ways it's so good for TCP/IP communications.  Thus
> TCP/IP and the Internet was built upon Unix.  But if it wasn't for
Windows,
> we'd still be communicating via IRC.  Even Mosaic didn't cause the
explosion
> of the World Wide Web, it was Netscape and then IE that made the Internet
> ubiquitous.