Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!well!rogue
From: rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: The Lawsuit, Standardization, and Whiny DOS Users...
Message-ID: <5823@well.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 88 03:07:54 GMT
References: <8685@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU>
Reply-To: rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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> P.S. Ever notice any similarities? :

> Apple II - 8-bit machine, open architecture, slots, keyboard, video,
> drive, 1979
> IBM PC   - 8-bit machine, open architecture, slots, keyboard, video,
> drive, 1982

8-bit machine? News to me. If you're going to call the Mac a 32-bit machine,
you durn well ought to call the PC a 16-bit one.

> Macintosh - 32-bit, Mouse, Graphical User Interface, 3 1/2 inch disks,
> circa 1984

You forgot: Closed architecture, only 128K RAM, slowest floppy disk drives in
creation, no hard disk from Apple for YEARS, no multitasking until 1988
(and then only with some applications).

> IBM PS/2's with OS/2 - 32-bit, Mouse, Graphical User Interface,
> 3 1/2 inch disks,circa 1988

You forgot: Full 32-bit bus, open architecture, multitasking OS, runs existing
software base.

Sounds like IBM might have made some strides after all.

<rogue>