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I'm surprised they haven't tanked already.
BAR wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:12:21 -0500, BAR wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:41:33 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:59:57 -0500, wrote: There was a time when it was only Prodigy and AOL Let us not forget Compuserve which was there *long* before Prodigy or AOL. Compuserve had the very best national and international dial-up network, EMAIL and many valuable support forums and databases. They could have easily converted their proprietaty screen formats to HTML and web based presentation but they didn't see the need for it. Heh - reminds me of a certain computer company executive who told me that email would never become a mass market feature for the home computer because the routing systems would be too complex, too expensive to build and besides, telephones were easier. Was this the profit himself, Edson? Actually no - although it wouldn't have surprised me if he didn't feel the same way. It was Ken Olsen. A member of the where are they now companies. Olsen is well-known. He may be a "was" but you are a never were and never will be. |
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I'm surprised they haven't tanked already.
HK wrote:
BAR wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:12:21 -0500, BAR wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:41:33 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:59:57 -0500, wrote: There was a time when it was only Prodigy and AOL Let us not forget Compuserve which was there *long* before Prodigy or AOL. Compuserve had the very best national and international dial-up network, EMAIL and many valuable support forums and databases. They could have easily converted their proprietaty screen formats to HTML and web based presentation but they didn't see the need for it. Heh - reminds me of a certain computer company executive who told me that email would never become a mass market feature for the home computer because the routing systems would be too complex, too expensive to build and besides, telephones were easier. Was this the profit himself, Edson? Actually no - although it wouldn't have surprised me if he didn't feel the same way. It was Ken Olsen. A member of the where are they now companies. Olsen is well-known. He may be a "was" but you are a never were and never will be. I don't try to be anything more than I was or am. I know this is a foreign concept to you but others will understand. |
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I'm surprised they haven't tanked already.
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:25:47 -0500, BAR wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:12:21 -0500, BAR wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:41:33 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:59:57 -0500, wrote: There was a time when it was only Prodigy and AOL Let us not forget Compuserve which was there *long* before Prodigy or AOL. Compuserve had the very best national and international dial-up network, EMAIL and many valuable support forums and databases. They could have easily converted their proprietaty screen formats to HTML and web based presentation but they didn't see the need for it. Heh - reminds me of a certain computer company executive who told me that email would never become a mass market feature for the home computer because the routing systems would be too complex, too expensive to build and besides, telephones were easier. Was this the profit himself, Edson? Actually no - although it wouldn't have surprised me if he didn't feel the same way. It was Ken Olsen. A member of the where are they now companies. ROTFL!! Amazing isn't it? We thought we were kings. :) |
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I'm surprised they haven't tanked already.
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:25:47 -0500, BAR wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:12:21 -0500, BAR wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:41:33 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:59:57 -0500, wrote: There was a time when it was only Prodigy and AOL Let us not forget Compuserve which was there *long* before Prodigy or AOL. Compuserve had the very best national and international dial-up network, EMAIL and many valuable support forums and databases. They could have easily converted their proprietaty screen formats to HTML and web based presentation but they didn't see the need for it. Heh - reminds me of a certain computer company executive who told me that email would never become a mass market feature for the home computer because the routing systems would be too complex, too expensive to build and besides, telephones were easier. Was this the profit himself, Edson? Actually no - although it wouldn't have surprised me if he didn't feel the same way. It was Ken Olsen. A member of the where are they now companies. ROTFL!! Amazing isn't it? We thought we were kings. :) I asked a 68000 ICE (in circuit emulator) sales guy one time why I had to buy a $55K MicroVAX II to run his $8K ICE when I had all of these $3K PCs? He couldn't come up with a good answer. WE bought the MicroVAX II. When superior technology meets superior marketing who wins? |
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