Microlimp (was: XyWrite antiques) [OT]

[Peter Evans peter@xxxxxxxx]

> My guess, computer marketing now is like the auto industry was
> just before the imports started taking over, and people began
> to realize that the annual model changes were a con job. (You
> will not have failed to notice how rapidly M'Soft is replacing
> Win 2000 with Win XKE or whatever it's called.)

This analogy seems inaccurate in various ways. At no point, I think, did
Microsnot do anything to encourage the game-playing, MP3-downloading
masses to adopt Win2K, and few ever did adopt it. Whether or not you
think it's worth the extra money and the trouble of installation, 2K
was/is a major change from NT4; the differences are certainly not just
cosmetic. Indeed, many people are sure it isn't worth the trouble; in
the cramped archipelago where I happen to live (one with a notoriously
docile and commercially gullible population), NT4 appears to be more
widely used than 2K.

You hate Microslot. I hate Microsplat. We all hate Microshit. Yes. Can
we all, please, take this as read?

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Peter Evans (whose non-use of Linux
is a matter of laziness and/or stupidity, and
can't be blamed on Microsick), peter@xxxxxxxx