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From: jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant)
Subject: Re: Challenge to Microsoft supporters.
Message-ID: <1993May1.021323.22283@emr1.emr.ca>
Organization: Dept. of Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
References: <1993Apr30.172938.6386@samba.oit.unc.edu> <C6BGzv.7MK@uceng.uc.edu>
Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 02:13:23 GMT
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In article <C6BGzv.7MK@uceng.uc.edu> bferrell@ant.occ.uc.edu (Brett Ferrell) writes:
>In article <1993Apr30.172938.6386@samba.oit.unc.edu> dil.admin@mhs.unc.edu (Dave Laudicina) writes:
>>>Microsoft is the largest software company on the planet, yet I cannot think
>>>of even *ONE* computing concept that they innovated and brought to market
>>>before anyone else.  Xerox-PARC/Apple, Osborne, NeXT, GNU and others have 
>>>been pioneers and led the way to the future of computing.  What has
>>>microsoft done to be a technological leader?  I posted this question before,
>>>but I got nary a reply.  I make the challenge now to anyone who can come up
>>>with something-especially Microsoft employees.  I get no response this time,
>>>I guess it pretty much assures me that there is none--which is what I
>>>suspect anyway.
>>>
>>Really when you come down to it who cares. I just hope MS keeps doing
>>what they do best getting usable productive software to the masses.
>>Thx Dave L
>If you think that windows is useable, you must not use it much.  Windows 
>version of "crash protection" is wearing a helmet while computing.  The arir
>(air) bag is an expensive add-on.
>Brett 

	Ladies & Gentlemen... Please keep this discussion in
	comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy where it belongs.
	Thank you.

John A. Grant						jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
Airborne Geophysics
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
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John A. Grant						jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
Airborne Geophysics
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
