[Elecraft] ELEPRODUCT POLL (WAS Any advice on the OHR WM-2QRPwattmeter?)

[David Walker]

And apple made a similar mistake right from the start.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net>
To: "Rick Tavan" <tavan at tibco.com>
Cc: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ELEPRODUCT POLL (WAS Any advice on the OHR
WM-2QRPwattmeter?)


>
> On May 14, 2004, at 7:40 PM, Rick Tavan wrote:
>
> > In the opinion of many, the open spec of the IBM PC was a singular
> > event that triggered the demise of IBM's domination of the computer
> > industry. Of course, many thought that was a good thing.
>
> Actually, even with all the clone makers out there, IBM dominated the
> market right up until they tried to make it proprietary. When IBM
> introduced the microchannel architecture (MCA) machines, they took off
> in an different direction than the rest of the market -- and the market
> left them behind.
>
> > Also, IBM's choice of Microsoft as the O/S supplier and Intel as the
> > CPU supplier for their PC was the dual event that marked the ascension
> > of those two vendors to replace IBM in domination of the computer
> > industry. And many think that was a bad thing.
>
> Few remember that IBM had three different OSes available for the
> original IBM PC - PC-DOS, CP-M 86, and the UCSD P-system. PC-DOS was
> the least expensive.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>              -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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