I wasn't even aware of 100VG http://www.io.com/~richardr/vg/
--- On Thu, 4/9/09, Gil Hale RR <mrgmh...@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > From: Gil Hale RR <mrgmh...@rochester.rr.com> > Subject: RE: [NF] How my brain kept me from co-founding YouTube > To: profox@leafe.com > Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 4:18 PM > I have hated seeing superior > marketing of inferior products out-perform > vastly superior technology that was poorly marketed - often > despite pricing > variances. In fact, in some cases the higher priced > product/service was > more costly than the technically superior > competition. Beta Max vs VHS, > 100BaseTx vs 100vg, arguably the Blue-Ray debacle, Access > vs VFP, DR DOS vs > MS DOS, Warp O/S vs Windows, Linux vs Windows, Mac vs > Windows, Windows vs > Windows (Vista vs 2000/XP, ME vs Win98 <g>), Windows > Server 2003 vs Windows > 2000 (again, arguably). Oh well, it is what it > is. I am still using 100vg > as my primary LAN backbone, as are several clients who > invested in it back > before it was killed off by HP due to poor market > performance. 100BaseTx > does not stand a chance against its performance, but > gigabit Ethernet does > in all fairness. It just took about a decade to get > it into a cost > effective range. And 100vg still has several > advantages even of gigabit > Ethernet. But, alas, for the most you can only get > 100vg from eBay, and > from me! And XP did not include native drivers for > 100vg NICs, although > 2000 Pro drivers worked fine. Vista handles them > fine, but I bet Win 8 is > the last stop for 100vg drivers. BTW, Linux has > drivers for 100vg still > <g>... > > Gil > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com > [mailto:profoxtech- > > boun...@leafe.com] > On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions General Account > > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:05 PM > > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > > Subject: Re: [NF] How my brain kept me from > co-founding YouTube > > > > Michael Madigan wrote: > > > <snipped> I didn't see how such a poor > product could earn money. LOL > > > > > > > > It's all about the marketing!! Vastly superior > products have fallen by > > the wayside because the 800 pound gorilla did a much > better job at > > marketing its products. > > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/009a01c9b950$5decc4d0$19c64e...@rr.com > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/729919.17191...@web31402.mail.mud.yahoo.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
