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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: David Ogg <davidogg@nc.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:47:49 GMT
- Newsgroups: alt.amiga, comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.atari.advocacy, comp.sys.atari.st, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair
- Organization: Road Runner - NC
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In article <3B5F415D.D0DABF69@inebraska.com>, millers@inebraska.com
says...
> Chris Young wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:17:50 -0400, Bob Retelle (of comp.sys.sinclair "fame")
> > wibbled on for an age:
> >
> > > With the kind of momentum behind the current OS, it's unlikely that
> > > any other OS will be able to overtake the existing software base for a
> > > long, long time, if ever.
> >
> > My point was that the existing software base will not look as good in
> > a decade, let alone decades.
> >
> > > Go to the local CompUSA and check out how much shelf space is devoted
> > > to native Linux apps.
> >
> > Oh, yes, I'll just pop over the Atlantic in my private jet and have a
> > look.
> >
> > Clue: The USA is not "the world"
>
> Clue: It is.
> :-)
>
> Other places are just satellites
Lol ;) We had this same war almost exactly 1 year ago! It's similar to
Goddards Law! (Godwin?) First, someone will point out the origins of
specific technological advances, then we'll rebut with 'but he was
/born/ in country /y/ so /x/ doesn't get the credit!'
Then someone will say Americans are all fat and eat at McDonalds, then
someone will rebut with Europeans have teeth that look like dice.
You know it's going to happen, the bloods in the water, the sharks will
come. :)