I would have had to go to college (I was a History major) to make a third of what I make now. We would all be on Mac's and Unix boxes. There would be almost no clones (legal). Mac OS would still be nearly impossible to do anything with. Unix would be a pain to support at the end user level (still is after what, 25 years). The costs would still probably be huge for buying and supporting equipment.
I may not love MS, but it revolutionized business in America. -gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Eidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:27 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > > Lets speculate what we would be doing and with what tools if we completely > removed Microsoft from the picture. > > > > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paris Lundis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > right on... MS is a marketing machine... > > to suceed in business you don't go and reinvent the wheel.. MS has been > bad to some companies undoubtedly and they should repent... But without > their push and marketing I doubt things would be what they are today... > the world without Microsoft would be what?? > > IBM OS2??? Linux, which still isn't useable by your mother's > standards... etc... > > Heck I remember Trumpet... I remember not wanting to convert to Windows > back then and running Desqview to multitask :) > > MS is to bringing the computer to people as Apple is to bringing the > computer to designers :) > > -paris > [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] > [connecting people, places and things] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Tilbrook, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:57:31 +1000 > Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > > I have never said that MS made anything, they stole ideas and rewrote > > stuff, but they put it out there, marketed it, and people bought it. > > Before > > that there were products that nobody knew about. > > > > >>You are aware of "FrontPage". Vermeer first developed the product, > > ahead of its time back then, Microsoft was so impressed they bought > > the > > company and started screwing with it. > > > > I remember Trumpet, it was a pain in the ass, but it worked after you > > figured it out. > > > > >>Many people didn't even bother to licence (license?) Trumpet (still > > at > > http://www.trumpet.com.au/) and the developers had many high profile > > law > > suits against companies like OzEmail for illegally distributing its > > product. > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > * > > > > This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) > > and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If > > you are > > not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use or > > dissemination > > of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received > > this > > transmission in error, please notify the ANZFA IT helpdesk prior to > > deleting > > all copies of this transmission together with any attachments. > > > > ANZFA helpdesk: > > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > > > www.mimesweeper.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
