From: talley@ashleigh.Kodak.COM (Brian K. Talley) Subject: Re: Great marketing (Was Re: BYTE asks, is UNIX dead?) Date: 30 Sep 1992 16:30:13 GMT
In article <KETIL.92Sep30154405@linerle.ii.uib.no> ketil@ii.uib.no writes:
>In article <3747@eastman.UUCP> talley@ashleigh.Kodak.COM (Brian K. Talley) writes:
>
> [345]86 platforms will die out? No, I disagree. DOS, maybe, but not the
> hardware.
>
>Oh, they will. Or should...the chips are archaic, I'd swap them for
Foo. Yeah, of course they'll *eventualy* die off. SPARCstation 10's will
seem sluggish and die off eventually, too, but that's not my point. They're
not going anywhere in the immediate future. I should have been more clear...
sorry.
>I don't think I'd run UNIX on a 286 (hell, I wouldn't run *anything*
>on a 286.. :-) (no flames please, I know a small macine is right sometimes
I dunno. I'd use a 286 to control a refridgerator, but that's about it. All
I meant was that it's possible to run Unix on a really small, stupid, slow
little processor (what was Unix born on again?). How many systems does VMS run
on that weren't made by DEC?
> As I said before, all Microsoft *really* has is the marketing team from hell
>
>The worst thing is, they don't really need marketing at all. Bill
>Gates only have to cough a little and have an occasional dream, and
>the whole computer press as well as the bean counters get that silly
>smile on their faces...
This is as a result of his becoming a very wealthy, powerful person brought
on by his ability to sell. As such, his marketing team is top notch.
> = Ketil Malde In real life: ketil@ii.uib.no =
--Brian
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Brian Talley, Systems Consultant, Eastman Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, NY
talley@acadia.kodak.com