Our adept colleague did indeed speak in jest. However I took the occasion
to share with the community that many interesting things can be found at the
IBM web site.
It has been a long time since the last Mac-Windows flare up. Perhaps we
should start one now. :)
Denys
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
F. Alfredo Rego
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:42 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Talk about your legacy support...
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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