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Subject: 
Re: What would it take?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:17:04 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Amy Hughes writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Dave Schuler writes:
> > With the recent Microsoft announcement, a number of us have expressed
> > opinions of varying negativity for reasons ranging from the well-founded
> > to the kneejerk.
> 
> Hey, I resemble that remark :-)
> 
> Actually, my groan isn't knee-jerk at all.

  !!
  I wasn't singling you out, and I'm sorry if I seemed to be.  For my
interests, Microsoft is fully suited to my needs, so I don't have any reason
to check out another OS.  If my needs change, perhaps I'll shop around, but
until that time MS-Office is adequate for my word processing, and IE
Explorer gets me around the web okay.  I expect this is true of the vast
majority of computer users at my level, and most would probably be just as
happy with another user-friendly if they'd used it all along.

> But if you're
> wondering why "Juniorization stinks" and "the 2001 product line is uninspired
> and uninspiring", you need look no further than other decisions the company
> makes.

  Oh, juniorization is a self-evident stinker, so you'll get no argument
from me there.

     Dave!



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  Re: What would it take?
 
(...) Hey, I resemble that remark :-) Actually, my groan isn't knee-jerk at all. I've been programming computers since about the time Microsoft bought MS-DOS and then foisted it upon the world. They got where they are on IBM's name, not their own, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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