Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[buggie@ben08.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

Hey, don't use the term "Buggy."  That is a proud Irish name...

Steve Buggie

P.S.  I made a video tape of the PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY so if anyone
missed the show and will pay the postage ($3.20,) and will promise to mail
it back within two weeks, I'll mall the cassette.   Steve Buggie

buggie@unm.edu

Steve Buggie
Psychology
UNM-Gallup
200 College Rd.
Gallup NM 87301




Byron Desnoyers Winmill (wbdesnoy@acs1.acs.ucalgary.ca) wrote:

: In article <377810C9.7C57E0C1@earthlink.net> you wrote:
: : Bruce Baker wrote:

: : > Word is also very good.
: : >
: : > I think Win98 and Win 95 are very buggy, but that is probably because they
: : > have had to become maclike.  MacOs was always more buggy that Win 3.1.
: : >
: : > There is plenty of competition out there.

: : That's the thing - there isn't any competition. Microsoft destroys or buys
: : out any company if there is even a hint that they might be a competitor.
: : They don't play "fair"; and by that I mean they break the law - as this
: : current anti-monopoly lawsuit the Government has filed against them will
: : show. Remember what happened to

: Bruce is correct, there has been competition for Microsoft at every stage of
: the game.  In some cases, such as with our Apple II, the products were not
: innovative enough nor evolve quickly enough (though that would be the one
: thing which I do like about the line).  In other cases, such as with OS/2,
: the company offering the product did not show enough determination to shift
: the consumers perspective on the product.  In even other cases, including
: the Macintosh and Amiga, the problem was the expense of hardware coupled
: with the lack of choice (in add-on hardware and software).

: Sure, Microsoft didn't play fair.  But the bottom line is the mould could
: have been broken while there was still strong competition.  There isn't
: today, and that is why we see this anti-trust case.  (Note, it is not an
: anti-monopoly case as there is still much competition.  The problem is the
: competition is much weaker or serves niche-markets.)

: Oh, and the bugginess of MacOS is not the problem with Win9x.  For one thing,
: system 6.0.x was very stable and very fast.  I like computers which are
: ready to work once you have turned them on.  :-)

: But as I said before, Apple didn't die because of Microsoft but rather because
: of Apple.  They didn't view the II line as the future of computers and they
: were probably correct.  Even Intel PC's are becoming more Macintosh like in
: this new age.  Why, because it is a better model for users.  For programmers,
: hardware hacks, and so forth, perhaps this is not the case.  But our era has
: ended.  The best that we can do is to go on our own.  Perhaps that is why I
: continue to use my IIe and IIgs.

: But that is my opinion.
: Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill.