[TenTec] "Remember, it's a computer."

[Bill KB9IV]

Give it a rest!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Malloy" <jmalloy at stny.rr.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 2:03 PM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] "Remember, it's a computer."


> tentec-bounces at contesting.com wrote:
> > You guys missed my point completely.
>
> And I think you miss our point completely as well.
>
> > As for business purchases of MS products, it's worth noting that
> > the majority of 'critical' applications run under UNIX. These would
> > include: telephone switching
> > transaction processing
> > large database applications
> > billing systems
> > manufacturing systems
> > transportation routing and control systems
>
> Does the phrase "consumer electronics" mean anything to you?  Yeah, I
> suppose you could consider Verizon a "consumer" but in the retail field,
it
> means being devoted to individual sales to a wide variety of people who
will
> use it for entertainment.  Microsoft is simply the most popular (or, if
you
> want, the most monopolistic) and therefore garners the most complaints.
> Yes, small businesses depend on Microsoft to a large degree.  With their
> NT-inspired line, however, and considering the thousands of companies that
> produce peripherals that must work with the OS, they're doing pretty good.
> How many manufacturers of telephone switching software and hardware  are
> there?  Now compare that number with the number of printers manufacturers
> out there.  End of story.
>
> Now, I don't particularly like what Microsoft has in store and what it has
> recently begun with its "product activation" (which has spread to the
likes
> of Quicken, et al.).  Nor do I think they have any business involving
> themselves in my use of digital recordings.  Hence, I'm beginning to
explore
> Linux (I've got Mandrake version 9 on the other computer in the shack).
But
> it's not for stability purposes -- so far they're about even (which is to
> say that Linux has only crashed on me once!).
>
> 73,
>
> Joe, W2RBA
>
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