Path: utzoo!attcan!hjespers
From: hjespers@attcan.UUCP (Hans Jespersen)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Keyboards etc...
Message-ID: <3797@attcan.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 89 16:09:51 GMT
References: <8901160212.AA29231@pinocchio.UUCP> <2772@ficc.uu.net>
Reply-To: hjespers@attcan.UUCP (Hans Jespersen)
Organization: AT&T Canada Inc., Toronto
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In article <2772@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>or "AT&T couldn't market their way out of a paper bag."

Just curious, how DOES one market oneself out of a paper paper bag ?
In fact, what would one be doing in a paper bag in the first place ?
:-)
 
>I am still mystified as to why people think MS-DOS is just fine. Today's
>MS-DOS is a larger program than the old PDP-11 V7 UNIX... and it's a less
>desirable working environment. Sure, V7 isn't up to the quality of SV or
>BSD, but it's smaller, faster, and more powerful than what most PC owners
>put up with.

Realistically, how many MS-DOS users have even heard of V7 (let alone UNIX) ?
You can't miss something that you have never heard of. Perhaps the
hardest pill to swallow is that MS-DOS _is_ just fine for many applications.
How many users would really appreciate the benifits that UNIX provides ?
Basically what I'm trying to say is "if it 'aint broke , don't fix it". 
When developers start producing applications that properly utilize UNIX
(ie. communications) _then_ and only then , will there will be a reason 
to buy it. 

Of course, the opinions expressed above are my own and do not respresent
those of my employer.
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