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[Andrew Vida]

John Husvar wrote:

> Not to mention going open architecture way before Apple even thought 
> about doing it. I think that was BG's smartest move. He never needed to 
> sell hardware, not after MS-DOS and Windows (aka Wintel) became the de 
> facto standard for PC's.

	This is precisely so.  Tying themselves to hardware was one of Apple's 
big mistakes.  They made many, which is why they became a third rate 
outfit in terms of market share.
> 
> And they've made pretty impressive inroads to the server and networking 
> market too.

	Yes, but their servers still suck.  They would have to make a quantum 
change in their architecture to pose a real threat to UNIX.  If the net 
ran on MS servers, there would be no net.  The web as we know it would 
never have come into existence.
> 
> Wonder what I could make out of old hard drives...Hmmmmmm.

	8" Winchesters are good as low power laps and hones.


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