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RE: OT - Shutting down an RS/6000 ?

> From: Adam Lang
>
> 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.

Excellent points.  Not sure I agree 100%, but we've veered far off-topic and
into the land of opinion anyway.  But you certainly can argue that cheap
access helped the Internet grow.

> Also, I like IRC. ;)

And this of course immediately invalidates everything you say.  So, are you
a Pircher or a mIRCer?  Or one of the more newfangled IRC-a-ma-bobs?  <grin>

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