Most notably that the star was priced @10K per unit back then! Regards, Mike Wafkowski
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Saul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 2:45 PM Subject: Re: 240 megabyte update in 40 hours > > On Friday 10 May 2002 10:45, Jeff Graves wrote: > > I've had as much trouble with linux crashing as I have with Windows (I'm > > talking about NT family ONLY). > > similar experience, but it's been many years since I got Linux to kernel > panic. And I push systems hard. NT will BSOD for me almost weekly. > Same sort of treatment on Linux will just get me to a point where I have to > logout and log back in. I don't like either, but given a choice... > > But you have a good point. For the novice that buys a system with > a pre-installed OS they will likely stick with it. And it will most likely be > Windows, and it will be Good Enough for what they do. Some one who > isn't technically inclined isn't going to fix what isn't broken (to them). > > > And if you want to look at why ease of use didn't make the MAC > > successful, what the hell happened to the machine XEROX devoleped...the > > original inventors of the mouse. My $0.02 > > <nit pick> > Xerox didn't invent the mouse. It was invented by Doug Engelbart. > More info here http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/features/mouse/mouse.html > and here http://www.bootstrap.org/engelbart/index.jsp > </nit pick> > > Xerox has never known how to market computers effectively. > That's part of the reason the Star failed. > > -- > Rob Saul.:|:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:|:.de recta non tolerandum sunt > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
