Michael Madigan wrote: > Does anyone remember what life was like before Microsoft? > > We had TRS-80, PET, Rainbow, Apple, Commodore 64, Timex/Sinclair, Coleco, > Osbourne, etc all mostly incompatible > > Of course different flavors of Linux is still Linux, but choice is not always > a good thing. > > Look at the people who chose DVD-HD, Beta, CED video disk > > Perhaps Linux is the best of both worlds, competition with standardization. > We'll see. > > I think choice IS a good thing. I can just understand people hesitating as the number of choices go up. And I miss my TRS-100. And my Commodore 64. And I'm glad Apple is still around. And I don't think MS killed them so much as Compaq, Dell, HP, etc? And if you MUST quote my entire reply without trimming, to you HAVE to pick one I wrote when tired, cranky, and unable to think straight?
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