Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 21:43:50 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Daniel Berlin <root@danberlin.resnet.rochester.edu>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Halloween memo - what does it mean? Message-ID: <4.1.19981106214312.00b897f0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <3643B2DC.4397743B@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9811060235170.11645-100000@danberlin.resnet.rochester.edu> <364341A8.5D32F671@softweyr.com>
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At 02:39 AM 11/7/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: >Wes Peters wrote: >> Microsoft DOES participate in a well-organized conspiracy to get their >> software onto every computer in the world, it's called "the Marketing >> Department." It's obviously very effective, because they haven't won >> their current sales figures through technological superiority;> > >A classic example of "Well-marketed mediocrity will triumph over >technical excellence every time" > >> -- >> Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? >> >> Wes Peters >+1.801.915.2061 >> Softweyr LLC >wes@softweyr.com >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > >-- > When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. > >Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd >Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions >mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.uk.radan.com Well if you're underminding the public (which is easy to do with the 70% of the Windows users that don't give a crap what they're running as long as Need For Speed works), then yeah, it's pretty easy to market :) --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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