Re: NT Slaughters UNIX?

["Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net>]

On Tue, 6 Jan 1998 21:11:26 -0500 (EST), Scott K. McGrath wrote:

>Norm:  Uhhhhh... kinda... IBM and the other ISVs have a -lot- to do with it,
>too, by their failure to hand-hold, or "court" if you will, the people who
>write the reviews, as well as Microsoft does/did.
>
>When I read what Microsoft Developers receive in the way of support from
>them vs. what I receive from Lotus/IBM, I wanna throw rocks at Armonk and
>Cambridge... My only problem is not knowing which direction to aim at
>first...
>
>Scott K. McGrath
>mcgrats@ix.netcom.com
>
>
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I understand clearly and think exactly what you, Scott, and Norm are 
most astute and correct about.

So, if I may answer your question, the direction to throw rocks is where 
they will make a positive difference, and that's toward the Evil Empire, 
whatever is the most effective way, so we might stop our shrinking choices, 
and hopefully in our *time*.

If Lotus/IBM wanna be there, good.  If they don't, screw'em, too.  I see the
battle as being bigger than just the $5K per seat that someone earlier suggested
about IBM's strategy.
  
My concern is that the "computer paradigm" [god I hate that word, but can't
think better right now] will shift gears in such a way that M$ will obsolete
Linux, Mac's, OS/2, and anyone else...browsers, editors, and even ASCII text
files!  But that's only a software consideration.  When hardware standards,
whatever that may mean, is gone, we're ALL screwed.  Sorta like going to 
red-colored electricity that won't work with white-colored washing machines.  

I believe you get my drift. 

That's beginning to happen too, now, with useless mindfarts like MMX and 
WinModems...selfish "standards"...that are designed *only* to exclude anyone 
not in the "club".

Erick