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Date: | Sun, 12 May 2002 20:41:30 -0600 |
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On 5/12/02, Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Mr. Adept, I disagree totally.
I get the feeling that our Adept colleague wrote in jest:
>For your mental health, it is unwise to visit IBM sites !
Why? Because reading IBM web sites makes you realize how nice it
*could* have been, if only... (Many of us keep asking, "What if?")
>The IBM web site is replete with all sorts
>of information about what is happening in their labs.
Very nice, indeed.
>I have spent many hours reading about technology at their website.
Ditto. I would add "pleasant" as a qualifier to "hours".
>Where Apple claims to have invented everything WRT to computers,
Actually, Microsoft did. Apple just copied everything that Microsoft
invented :-)
>IBM did invent a lot of technology and
>continues to invent new things and they write about it.
Careful! Only HP is supposed to "invent" anything nowadays.
Do you see the word "invent" on anybody else's logo? :-)
Now, after this five-minute break from productive work, I'll
sign off and I'll dive into my beloved bits-and-bytes...
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| e | http://www.adager.com
| g | F. Alfredo Rego
| a | Manager, R & D Labs
| d | Adager Corporation
| A | Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000 U.S.A.
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