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(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
hummingbird OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com alt comp freeware On 17 Jun 2006 18:30:58 +0200 'John Jay Smith' posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: Few people appreciate their abilities and they often have to walk through life at other peoples' pace. FWIW this is a problem I've encountered in my own life - although not on

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On 16 Jun 2006 15:55:32 -0700, "Brian (Groups)" <usspskg...@mailinator.com> wrote: apples and oranges vs. oranges basis, how Word for DOS compared with WP5.1 It wasn'ta comparison. It was the best word processor at the time vs. a piece of junk put out by the Gatesians.

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Man-wai Chang toylet.toy...@gmail.com alt comp freeware hhmm. I wonder if there's data available to show that the downfall of a software company begins when its products become bloatware? I would never understand why M$ Word was so big compared to the good old WordPerfect 5.1 (if not 6.0).

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On 17 Jun 2006 11:53:55 +0200, "John Jay Smith" <1...@2.3> wrote: what do you need free energy for? We have free energy - it's called sunlight, gravity, wind, etc., etc. But no one is going to pay for the delivery infrastructure if they can't charge for it.

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
arachnid n...@goawayspammer.com alt comp freeware On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:10:36 +0200, John Jay Smith wrote: I am a super fan fan of tesla.. I have studied his life and his work, and in my opinion he is the greatest genius that ever lived. No, the greatest genius of all time was the guy who made a mint selling pet

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
hummingbird OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com alt comp freeware On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:53:19 +0800 'Man-wai Chang' posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: hhmm. I wonder if there's data available to show that the downfall of a software company begins when its products become bloatware? I would never understand why M$ Word was

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On 17 Jun 2006 18:30:58 +0200, "John Jay Smith" <1...@2.3> wrote: I am learning how to overcome such problems... education CAN teach you how to do things better.... and there are ways to do it... I can assure you.. The old "there must be a way"? Why must there be?

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:54:32 -0500 'Caesar Romano' posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:59:34 +0100, hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com> wrote Re Re: (OT) The giant steps down before the crash: On 16 Jun 2006 02:58:56 +0200 'John Jay Smith' posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: I have

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:59:34 +0100, hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com> wrote Re Re: (OT) The giant steps down before the crash: On 16 Jun 2006 02:58:56 +0200 'John Jay Smith' posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: I have stated before what I think the future will be for Microsoft with vista and office 2007 .

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Brian (Groups) usspskg...@mailinator.com alt comp freeware John Jay Smith wrote: I have stated before what I think the future will be for Microsoft with vista and office 2007 .... They are badly designed abominations... I seem to remember hearing similar comments about Win 3.1... didn't seem to phase its further

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hummingbird OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com alt comp freeware On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:01:52 -0400 'Al Klein' posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:16:39 +0100, hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com> wrote: I know what you're saying. A major problem for anybody who can see beyond the trees is that

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
baby steps to the door...baby steps through the door... baby steps down the stairs... baby steps to the car... baby steps to drive to work... baby steps, for what it's worth... she says she wants to "crash and burn" once and for all... and if she survives, she deserves a life... and if she doesn't, she doesn't.

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It's possible it will completely bomb, and that MS will have to do a hasty redesign. OTOH, people are incredibly resistant to thinking. Chances are that Vista will be a success. A financial success. But I wonder how many upgrades there will have to be before they stop supporting it. (How many dozens or hundreds of

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Daniel Mandic daniel_man...@ping.at alt comp freeware Al Klein wrote: On 16 Jun 2006 23:58:12 +0200, "John Jay Smith" <1...@2.3> wrote: They stopped Tesla too... Oh, gee. Not that again. Maybe John Jay got motivated by the great Game, Serbia (and Crna Gora) had played with Argentinia. 0:6 ;-) The Goalkeeper was under

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Anne Carle aca...@munge.com alt comp freeware On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:27:04 -0400, Al Klein <ruk...@pern.invalid> wrote: On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:36:09 -0400, Anne Carle <aca...@munge.com> wrote: Interesting...probably the majority of us who do medical transcription (sci.med.transcription) still use WP 5.1 because of

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
»Q« boxc...@gmx.net alt comp freeware "John Jay Smith" <1...@2.3> wrote in <news:4493f13c@newsgate.x-privat.org>: I am a super fan fan of tesla.. I have studied his life and his work, and in my opinion he is the greatest genius that ever lived. It's a shame that the legacy of such a brilliant man has been so

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
hummingbird OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com alt comp freeware On 17 Jun 2006 14:10:36 +0200 'John Jay Smith' posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: No he was not mad.. he was just ahead of his times... so much that when he talked of global networks, communications from mars to earth, audio and video text transmitted

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Daniel Mandic daniel_man...@ping.at alt comp freeware Al Klein wrote: stupid enough to generate and supply it without passing the cost on to you. Yeah, like Africans. Being stupid enough to deliver aircond-indulged with radioactive stuff, intentionally or not :-( Best Regards, Daniel Mandic.

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:32:41 -0500, arachnid <n...@goawayspammer.com> wrote: On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:10:36 +0200, John Jay Smith wrote: I am a super fan fan of tesla.. I have studied his life and his work, and in my opinion he is the greatest genius that ever lived.

(OT) The giant steps down before the crash
Daniel Mandic daniel_man...@ping.at alt comp freeware John Jay Smith wrote: ah... the forces in power always want to be in control. They stopped Tesla too... They have their predefined order, destroying it will lead to a black hole. Good Luck, but do it please on the moon :) And, nothing stopped Mr. Tesla.