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From: rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang)
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Subject: Re: The meaning of life, as it relates to hacking.
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Date: 29 Dec 89 21:00:36 GMT
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In article <1989Dec28.035235.21885@sopwith> snoopy@sopwith (Snoopy) writes:
>The IBM PC has done the computing industry a great disservice.

  Anything which gets computers used more is a service for the
computing industry, IMHO.  When IBM put their name on a PC, it
probably saved 10 years of Apple/Commodore/NEC/whoever trying to
convince the MIS types that a non-mainframe was useful.
   
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| Anton Rang (grad student) | rang@cs.wisc.edu | UW--Madison |
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