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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: "Chris Young" <unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com>
Date: 25 Jul 2001 20:10:50 +0100
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
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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"

Chris
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Follow-Ups:
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>

References:
- If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "T.J.T van Kooten" <thomas@-nospam-worldonline.nl>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "Chris Young" <unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>

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