Re: Apple, IBM and PCs (Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it)

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Gregory Weston" <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com> wrote in message
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: In article <KO6dnfqUrf-hf3yiRVn-jg@comcast.com>,
:  "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
:
: > : 2. IBM did target the home market. Several times. The first
was
: > : with the PCjr. What a success that was. The second was with
the
: > : PS/2 models 25 and 30. Third was with the PS/1 line of
machines
: > : (I bought one of those new,) then the Aptiva.
: >
: > Again, those machines, short of the Jr, were ALL targetting
: > the business market. I should know. I freaking used them,
: > AT WORK.
:
: And my company has a G3 iMac as a production machine, but
that's not the

"YOUR" company?, or the company you work for?
This is an important distinction since wording
has a lot to do with our disagreements in CSA2.
How one speaks and how another hears is certainly
an issue that can't be ignored. Language is very
garbled in this day and age, and many do not even
understand their own main language, which in many
cases here, is English.

: > This should have been #3. DUH. Read again more closely.
: > I said MS running on IBM compatibles.
: Well, no. Strictly speaking, you didn't. "IBM and MS, who have
acquired
: 95% of the market..."

My wording was clear that I included "ALL" of the
MS software run on "ALL" of the IBM and compatible
systems. That is, although possibly no longer 95%,
but still the largest majority of systems in use
even today. Again, 10 of my words taken out of
context does not consitute my entire statement.
Removal of the original thought seems to be the
concensus these days.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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