-Caveat Lector-
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> In a message dated 1/1/99 3:22:41 AM, you wrote:
>
> >After all they have these kiosks in France and Indonesia so putting such
> >a system into place would be a piece of cake for a billionaire/computer
> >"expert" like Perot. Or is he as phoney as Bill Gates who got lucky, and
> >rich from an OS like Windows while a give-away (freeware) like Linux is
> >vastly superior? So much for the integrity of "US capitalism".
>
> Yes indeedily-do. Corporatization was the worst thing to ever happen to
> software and computing in general, and it happened right when shareware had
> the potential to really get interesting (ironically co-inciding with the
> advent of the web). That potential is still there, as you pointed out with
> Linux. Java had potential for a while, but it's been squandered.
>
> There are a lot of small start-ups that are doing some interesting things.
> I'll pay $35 for a good filter or utility from an independent software
> publisher, but I'd cut out a testicle before paying $600 for a copy of
> QuirkXpress or Adobe PlagueMaker. Talk about your capitalist conspiracies...
> the most powerful media tools are always the most expensive, especially when
> you start getting into video editing systems.
>
Thanks for that second opinion. I really enjoy the ed tv specials about
the history of the (D) ARPA net. It is amazing how many unsung heroes
there are while a few shysters seem to have acquired reputations and bank
balances far out of proportion to their contributions. Gates is even
identified as "Mr. Internet" by some yet his R&D director was on tv a
month ago and said that five years ago they didn't think internet was
going to be such a big deal. Recently Gates was on the PWL tv show here
and she asked him about AI. What a joke. Is he now going to be
identified as "Mr. AI"?
FWP.
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