Re: Windoze 95 GIVES YOU CANCER

["Dr J.L. Gordon" jgordon@xxxxxxxx]

On Sat, 2 Nov 1996 15:57:17 EST, Robert Holmgren wrote:

 XyQuest was
>completely moribund. There was no income. The staff had been cut to a
>skeleton crew. IBM offered XyQuest a miraculous chance to survive, and
>XyQuest took that chance. IBM then funded the development of a superior,
>new generation, WYSIWYG product (Sig==Xy4), which was subsequently ported
>(with few feature enhancements) to Windows. Without IBM's sustenance, we
>might still be stuck with v3.5x and -- most likely -- just plain dead.
>
It's refreshing to hear a different side of this story. IBM is big
enough, and (was) powerful enough to be blamed for every evil, sort
of like the USA when viewed from the rest of the world! There is a
basic sociological principle at work here.

Cheers,
John G.


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