I'd be at home with my feet up!! -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 September 2001 14:43 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!
I'd still be in school. At 08:27 AM 9/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Lets speculate what we would be doing and with what tools if we completely >removed Microsoft from the picture. > > > > >Rick > >-----Original Message----- >From: Paris Lundis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:34 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > >right on... MS is a marketing machine... > >to suceed in business you don't go and reinvent the wheel.. MS has been >bad to some companies undoubtedly and they should repent... But without >their push and marketing I doubt things would be what they are today... >the world without Microsoft would be what?? > >IBM OS2??? Linux, which still isn't useable by your mother's >standards... etc... > >Heck I remember Trumpet... I remember not wanting to convert to Windows >back then and running Desqview to multitask :) > >MS is to bringing the computer to people as Apple is to bringing the >computer to designers :) > >-paris >[finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] >[connecting people, places and things] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Tilbrook, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:57:31 +1000 >Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > > I have never said that MS made anything, they stole ideas and rewrote > > stuff, but they put it out there, marketed it, and people bought it. > > Before > > that there were products that nobody knew about. > > > > >>You are aware of "FrontPage". Vermeer first developed the product, > > ahead of its time back then, Microsoft was so impressed they bought > > the > > company and started screwing with it. > > > > I remember Trumpet, it was a pain in the ass, but it worked after you > > figured it out. > > > > >>Many people didn't even bother to licence (license?) Trumpet (still > > at > > http://www.trumpet.com.au/) and the developers had many high profile > > law > > suits against companies like OzEmail for illegally distributing its > > product. > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > * > > > > This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) > > and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If > > you are > > not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use or > > dissemination > > of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received > > this > > transmission in error, please notify the ANZFA IT helpdesk prior to > > deleting > > all copies of this transmission together with any attachments. > > > > ANZFA helpdesk: > > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > > > www.mimesweeper.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
