RIP Betamax. Turns out that Ralph Waldo Emerson (had to look that up) was wrong about mousetraps and the power of innovation. Or, as I often quote Leonard Woren, if you build a better mouse trap, the world will build a better mouse.
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] From: Bob Shannon <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 03/26/2014 09:23 AM Subject: Re: Support is ending for Windows XP - Microsoft Windows Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> I was at SHARE a long time ago when Pat Artis slide into a chair next to me and said "I just went to the Windows vs OS/2 Shootout. It was a bloodbath". Expecting the worst I asked what happened. Pat said "Microsoft brought eight people to the demo and IBM brought one. OS/2 blew the doors off Windows". I always preferred OS/2 but it just goes to show that the best technology doesn't always win. Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
