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From: kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann)
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Subject: Re: UUCP for the mac? (was Re: Letter to Unix Today )
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Date: 27 Sep 90 19:56:33 GMT
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In article <1990Sep27.014419.4169@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>,
mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) writes:
> It's not as
> though MacWEEK or Ms. Said are unaware of IE or UMCP\QM... they simply
> seem unwilling to acknowledge the true level of innovation that the
> company provided.

I've been staying out of this one, but let's take a look at this comment.

Doing a QM to whatever gateway does not equate to creating an entire    
application.  You seem to think that because someone wrote some forms and
a gateway for QM that this is gods gift to computing.  The level of effort,
and by the way I am not putting UMCP/QM down just into perspective, of doing
UMCP/QM does not in anyway approach the level of effort needed to do what
these other folks have done.  (by the way I have not seen their product (hint
hint), but I do know something about what it takes doing similar products
to both of these and it isn't the same)

"Innovation comes when you cut your own path through the jungle not by paving
it afterwards.", obscure computer scientist.

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