OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Mon Nov 19 11:22:03 2001

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]

> the Intel CPU as well as the 'LC040, was 3.11/6.22. I was
> working more from the
> experience with Windows that I'd had more recently. My
> latest Windows, BTW, is
> '98SE, and, until they fix some of the very fundamental problems, like
> non-working OS utilities, e.g. Backup, I'm not getting any
> more M$ OS products.
> I'm told it may be a long wait, BTW.

Has microsoft _ever_ had a working backup utility? OK, maybe xenix had a
working version of tar or cpio (I doubt it had both), but that's it.
However, since I'm supposed to "leave my anti-ms baggage at the door,"
according to the faq, don't get me started ;)

> This practice of theirs, of buying a non-functional cast-off from some
> financially-troubled software company and then integrating it
> into their OS is,
> in fact, an example of their "monopolistic practices" since

Just ask yourself why most of these companies are troubled in the first
place...

> they've no intention
> of supporting the product as an intrinsic function of their
> OS, though that's
> what they claim, as in the case of Internet Explorer, it is.
> Since you can't go
> to anyone else for a competing OS product, I guess they
> figure you're screwed,
> which is how I see it.

Well, my most recent exposure is to windows 2000, which, admittedly, is
nearly as stable as NT 3.x was (4 was a joke). I only use it at work, and
only because they give me no choice. At home, I have plenty of other
options that do whatever I tell them to... ;)

Regards,

Chris

Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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