Yahoo! News - Eric Raymond: Linux will rule the desktop

Ronald Maggio r.v.maggio at worldnet.att.net
Mon Apr 1 11:29:37 EST 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory J. Neumann" <gjn at certainlywood.com>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: Yahoo! News - Eric Raymond: Linux will rule the desktop


> Mac never made it because they never opened up the Mac hardware
architecture the
> way IBM did w/ the ISA stantard.  That's the only reason they lost.  It's
a
> Microsoft world simply because it's what IBM shipped on the original PC's
and Bill
> was savvy enough to get licensing agreements w/ all the other major OEM's.
Mac's
> were several times as expensive and you had a tiny B&W screen compared to
the
> "wonderful" 16 color 12" EGA IBM introduced that same year!  You could buy
several
> complete IBM clones, EGA monitors and all, for what it would cost you for
one Mac
> and the "add on" color monitor.  Apple aimed at the CEO's for ease of use,
etc.,
> but missed the boat because CEO's weren't going to be the primary users.
All the
> hype about Microsoft starting the PC revolution sometimes infuriates me!
If IBM
> has charged for the licensing of the ISA, we'd be using something else ...
whatever
> came up w/ a free/very low cost license for it's computer architecture!
Good thing
> Big Blue was so clueless about the possibilites when they first started
all this
> and regarded the personal PC market as going nowhere, but something where
IBM
> needed to have a presence to facilitat 'big iron" sales!
>
> Just my $.02.  Microsoft was never inovative, just clever w/ licensing
schemes!
> -Greg
>
Well.....thanks Greg:)

Someone that I think sees the rather whole and crazy picture of the
computing world.
Again thanks Greg:)

Ron

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