Re: Apple II seen on PBS

[mflynn@pacificnet.net (Mike Flynn)]

In article <4qf3f4$1krs@mule2.mindspring.com>, robbie@tomservo.mindspring.com (Robbie Honerkamp) wrote:
>Kevin M. Carr (carrk@pilotc.msu.edu) wrote:
>: 
>:    The host name is (I think his first name is Andrew) Cringley (sp?).  He
>: described himself as a 'gossip' columnist for a computer mag.  I don't
>: know if that means he has much technical knowledge.  The show was actually
>: based on his book "Accidental Empires" which chronicles the founding of
>: the PC (generic term, not IBM) industry by these 'nerds'.  I haven't seen
>: the book but I think I'll put it on my summer reading list.
>
>Is this the same Cringley that has the column on the back of PC Week with
>Spencer Katt?
>
>Robbie
>

Actually, like the Spencer F. Katt person, Robert X. Cringley is a pseudonem 
(sp?).  Cringley had a column in Info World for years and was manned by 3 or
more different writers.  The guy in the PBS show (Stephen something or other)
manned the column for a number of years and just recently left Info World.

The Wall Street Journal ran an article on this Stephen dude and described
litigation between Info World and Stephen regarding the use of the Cringley
name.

BTW, Accidental Empires is not limited to IBM.  It covers the same basic
material the Trimph of the Nerds did.  Good book tho...

I sold my Apple II+ in 1982 for $2,500 and bought an IBM PC for reasons
of demand.  It was much easier for me to get good paying IBM contract
programming work than with the Apple.

When the Lisa came out, I loved the new user interface but I hated the
proprietary nature of the machine.  When they followed suite with the Mac,
(I assume Mr. Jobs was afraid of another PineApple debacle) I passed in
favor of the open systems approach of IBM.

I am not sorry for going the IBM route, and hell, I LOVE AppleWIN...

Mike