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From: greg@utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Dubious marketing practices
Message-ID: <4356@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Mar-87 20:21:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 13 20:21:50 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Mar-87 04:49:01 EST
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Reply-To: greg@utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <2607@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>	I find myself reading with semi-horrid fascination about how the
>Wall Street types go ga-ga over every new DEC announcement.
[....]
>every new machine they announce, no matter how boring from a technical
>point of view, gets gobbled up by the business types.
[...]
>he said
>that the next machine he buys will be another Vax because if you make the
>wrong decision and buy something new, you'll get screwed but nobody will
>ever get fired by making the wrong decision and buying a Vax.  Comments?

s/DEC/IBM/
s/vax/IBM PC/
s/1987/1981/	(or thereabouts)

I remember it well... "Hey! IBM is making microcomputers! I guess they
aren't just *toys* after all!..... [what's this ASCII stuff though?] "

It's true though. If you are a business person who can't take the
time to evaluate which of the companies are likely to be around
for a while, and provide support, and who can't take a risk on the
lack of such support, it's probably worth a hefty premium just
for peace of mind.

Even if you buy the wrong IBM, you can tell your boss "Well, if
an *IBM* can't do it, boss, it couldn't be *my* fault!!" :-) :-(
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Greg Smith     University of Toronto      UUCP: ..utzoo!utcsri!greg
Have vAX, will hack...