Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it,s an operating system based on work at PARC just like the MAC only implemented on an open platform simon j - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Firestone" <kenf@speakeasy.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Computer question > On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: > > Seth writes: > > <<The bemused and now-smiling salesman said politely: "but Ma'am, > > you don't need a curtain with your computer." > > > "Hello" said the nice woman, "it's Windows.">> > > What is "WINDOWS"? > > Actually its windoze, a "fine" micro$oft product, and one of the > lamest excuses for an os ever marketed. Unfortunately most of the > suits that buy it are not bright enough to tell the difference between > good and bad technology. And stupid enought to fall for marketing hype. > > ============================================================================ > Ken Firestone, W3CAT | For every problem there is one solution > kenf@speakeasy.net | which is simple, neat, and wrong. > ken@firestone.net | -- H. L. Mencken > ============================================================================ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html