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From: rhubbs@watdcsu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM, this is 4 u
Message-ID: <3214@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 16:14:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  6 16:14:00 1987
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In article <1741@isis.UUCP> dragheb@isis.UUCP (Darius "OPRDRT" Ragheb) writes:
>"No," I say, "NO!"
>
>Let the community of computer users stop worshiping their false god, IBM.
>I just read the announcement in Mod.computers.ibm-pc and have seen
>the press releases on IBM's new line of machines (the PS/2 etc.).
>
>What's the matter, Big Blue? Can't compete?  Never could.
>By accident (mainly, you put your name on it) you helped create
>a standard (albeit a shitty one) with your PC.  Now that you
>see you no longer lead in the races, you decide to switch!
>
>
	Oh I get it IBM is not allowed to do any marketing or product
development.!! I agree the PC standard is not the greatest, but before 
that there was nothing, now there is very little but not nothing.
	
	If you are going to flame IBM for changing tack to keep sales and
profits up, you might as well flame Apple too, as the reason they built 
the Macintosh was the apple IIe/c etc. weren't cutting it. 

	Marketing and new products are inevitable(sp) and if we stop
letting compines market we would have no new products. AND NO UNIX as this was  once a new product for AT&T too you know. 
If you don't like em don't buy em but don't complaine about any one company
doing product development or trying to make money.

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