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   From: bob@bob.com   
      
   You make some very good points. Like BEOS "HAD" a good run, and "it didn't   
   fill any need I coudn't already fill". You have pointed out very good   
   reasons to scrap BEOS and move forward. Like Bill Gates or not, his OS is   
   still selling, whereas BEOS is all washed up, finished, a big waste of time.   
   There are only 17 people using BEOS. Why become proficient in something that   
   is off the beaten path, namely BEOS ? Why become proficient in something   
   that has been a failure, namely BEOS ?   
      
   "Ivan Marsh"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2005.08.25.20.00.03.160506@you.now...   
   > > "Enjo-Kosai Rules"  wrote in message   
   > >>   
   > >> The CC Quizbowl in which Gassee humiliated Bill Gates in front of the   
   > >> entire industry...   
   >   
   > Bill Gates has done enough to humiliate himself in front of the entire   
   > industry during demonstrations of his own product.   
   >   
   > >> Thu, 25 Aug   
   > > 2005 14:48:00 -0500, Bob wrote:   
   >   
   > > Who cares about humiliating Bill Gates. No one uses BEOS. That's by far   
   > > the bigger humiliation.   
   >   
   > I wouldn't say no one... and I'd say for a new commercial OS BeOS had a   
   > pretty good run.   
   >   
   > I tried it... It was alright but it didn't fill any need I couldn't   
   > already fill.   
   >   
   > --   
   > "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."   
   >    Benjamin Franklin (I didn't know he was a Buddhist)   
   >   
      
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