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

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Bill Garber wrote:
> "Paul R. Santa-Maria" <paulrsm@buckeye-express.com> wrote in
> message 3FE27CD5.1FB66208@buckeye-express.com">news:3FE27CD5.1FB66208@buckeye-express.com...
> : Bill Garber wrote:
> : > "Exegete" <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote:
> : > : 2. IBM did target the home market. Several times.
> : > Again, those machines, short of the Jr, were ALL targetting
> : > the business market. I should know. I freaking used them,
> : > AT WORK.
> :
> : Sorry to disagree with you, Bill.  The original IBM-PC had 64K
> : and a cassette interface and was targeted at the Apple II in
> the
> : home market.  Business users, seeing "IBM" on the case,
> immediately
> : purchased them and upgraded them to be usable in business.
>
> I know Paul, but that Roy has rubbed me the
> wrong way for some time now and I just went
> crazy.

Is that why you wrote emails to me agreeing with things I've said on CSA2?

I hate know-it-all types and he strikes
> me as that type and I can't tolerate it.

You have been the know it all. What drives you up a wall is when you 
aren't right and someone had the nerve to expose it.

> From now on, anyone who makes me nuts
> will go on the blocked sender list and he's
> there now. 

I'm glad to hear it. I really like it when people demonstrate their 
intolerance like that.

Constructive critism I can take,
> such as you've displayed, but some are just
> out to prove that IBM compats. and MS are
> crap and they really aren't. 

Well, that wasn't me. Snot, I KNOW that PS/1s were sold at Target and 
Walmart because I bought one. I certainly didn't buy because I thought 
it was crap.

I'm cool.

You're unbalanced.

Roy


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