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From: jmp@asihub.UUCP (John Pantone)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: IBM and Apple Operating Systems (Re: dosread.c again)
Summary: Not malice - just stupidity
Message-ID: <143@asihub.UUCP>
Date: 28 Oct 89 19:11:01 GMT
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Reply-To: jmp@asihub.UUCP (John Pantone)
Organization: Objectech Corp.
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"Never attribute to conspiracy (or malice) that which is adequately
explained by stupidity" - unknown author (comment mine)

Microsoft and IBM simply blew it when designing MSDOS and the PC.  They 
certainly didn't WANT to produce a weak, overpriced, under-powered computer
with a toy operating system which was behind the times before its time.

They just DID!


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John M. Pantone	     jmp@asihub.uucp       {uunet|ncr-sd}!asihub!jmp
Objectech Corporation, P.O.Box 27168, San Diego CA, 92128 (619)679-8646

All opinions are my own as this is a guest account.