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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Future of OS/2 and IBM????????????
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.225308.22071@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Dec18.160725.8470@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> <1992Dec19.012947.13106@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Dec22.153630.6259@athena.mit.edu> <1992Dec22.190833.10075@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:53:08 GMT
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- In <1992Dec22.190833.10075@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU> jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec22.153630.6259@athena.mit.edu> mgrice@athena.mit.edu (Matthew Grice) writes:
- >>Now I _know_ that BYTE is on the take.
- >>I'm getting sick of Jerry Pournelle, too. OS/2 bashing. Won't even
- >>install HPFS on his OS/2 test computer. Now he is going to announce to
- >>the people that os/2 is slow. What a bastard.
- >>
- >Let me just add that every single time I read his column I get sick.
- >He really knows nothing about computers (REALLY) but dabbles left and
- >right. He has more problems with things than anyone else I know.
- >It's an annoying column, if you ask me. It's also anoying that he
- >gets all this GREAT equipment and doesn't put it to more use than
- >word-processing.
-
- You mean there are still people in the world who aren't aware that
- Jerry Pournelle is just an idiot who got in at the right time and is
- now overly impressed with his own industry clout and by how many
- people listen to him? I mean, perhaps reading his reviews of DOS
- products is entertaining, and sometimes even informative, but for
- anything that's not commodity tools and games? You're better off
- checking a crystal ball.
-
- --
- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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