On Jan 29, 2008 8:08 AM, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Had I come to you in 1985 and said that in 10 years the > Berlin Wall will be gone and the Rooskies will be our big friends, you > would have rapped me in the mouth for being so stupid. > > Actually, I had anticipated seeing those events in my lifetime, as at some > time the Commies Must Die mantra was beginning to wear a bit thin by the > late 70s. We needed a new national enemy. It was found with the War On > Drugs for a while, until the DoDruggies began to get into political > positions <g>, and now newly reformed with the War On Terrorism. The US > is > a warring nation, despite all claims to the contrary. Our economy depends > on conflict, the cash flow lubricates business, even if it drives us into > deeper debt. But as the older enemies tire out new enemies must be (and > are) found. It seems every nation does this, not just the US. > > As for the change from Windows to Linux (much less Mac), it is too large a > change in coding and tech support to make it worth anyone's while in my > industry. For a while Mazda was the only non-M$ platform, as they used > OS/2 > Warp (remember that OS?). Then suddenly they began to migrate toward > Windows. Next thing I know all my clients are running Windows PCs for > their > manufacturer communications. All of the fancy-assed satellite system > infrastructures and proprietary desktop applications began to go away. >
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