Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:9276 alt.religion.computers:2392 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.religion.computers Subject: Re: Mac clones (was Re: AT&T Claims patent on part of MIT's X11) Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 91 21:59:31 GMT References: <1991Mar5.154844.17339@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Mar8.170100.14335@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Organization: The World Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu's message of 8 Mar 91 17:01:00 GMT >Perhaps you are right. I meant that IBM is a conservative choice that >the suits like to see. Thus, if there is a failure, it does not >reflect poorly on the purchaser (After all, it is IBM). If a cheaper >and more powerful alternative fails, this does tend to get back to >the purchaser since the guy should have bought "quality". > > Conway Yee, N2JWQ I can cite cases where cheaper and more powerful alternatives succeeded in a big way at fortune 500 sites and the person responsible was fired. You're looking for a simple meritocracy where none may exist. That's my point. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@world.std.com | uunet!world!bzs Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD