| Michael Leone on Sun, 2 Dec 2001 19:40:27 +0100 |
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On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 00:43, Bill Jonas wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 04:37:12PM -0500, Mike Leone wrote: > > Because there are more who don't think like we do than there are those who > > do think like we do. If there weren't, we'd have hundreds of people at > > meetings, and Dell and Gateway would go bankrupt, since no one would buy > > their pre-built systems. > > Like Digital. > > Your statement reminded me of something my brother-in-law, George, said. > Some time ago, he and my sister had gotten a Digital (as in, "Digital > Equipment Corporation") computer, Pentium-class I think. His > brother-in-law (*his* sister's husband), Dick, is a computer geek too > and and is clueful. George told me that one time when Dick was > installing a hard drive in the old DEC Pentium box, he took the cover > off their machine and was highly impressed. He said something to the > effect of, "Wow. They don't make them like this anymore. No wonder > Digital went out of business." Heh. Then again, DEC was never anywhere near the others in terms of retail sales. I suppose you could substitute Packard Bell for DEC. Which still wouldn't invalidate my point. > > -- > Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ > > Developer/SysAdmin for hire! See http://www.billjonas.com/resume.html -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael J. Leone Registered Linux user #201348 <mailto:turgon@mike-leone.com> ICQ: 50453890 AIM: MikeLeone PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF PGP public key: <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg> Foreman, roving paving crew, Dept. of Roads, Hades. Attachment:
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