Subj : Re: BBSing on CP/M
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Dr. What
Date : Sun Sep 26 2021 12:42:00

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dr. What <=-

 pF> It seemed focused on business, which I didn't think they had a real
 pF> foothold in at the time. I remember seeing one at BusinessLand, along
 pF> with a Lisa - another odd system. When you market your machine to
 pF> Fortune 500 CEOs, seems like selling more than 500 might be a
 pF> challenge. ;)

When it comes to the Fortune 500, the rule is "no one ever got fired for going
with IBM".  That rule made any other company have a much harder time selling to
those large companies.

 pF> A couple of years later, I worked at a company where we had all Mac
 pF> Pluses and Mac SEs. A Lisa running the email system was sitting under
 pF> my desk and made a nice footrest.

There was an old computer "story" that went like this:
The Wizard of the Ivory Tower brought a box into the Master's office.
"Here is a the new computer system that I invented," he said.  "Management
has decreed that it shall be used as a platform for all new programs."
"Wonderful!" the Master said.  "I shall take it to the data center myself."
Two weeks later...
"Where's the print out of my new program," asked the Wizard to the Master.
The master responded, "It's on the platform in the data center."


.... Curiosity didn't kill the cat. I got 'im with the mower!
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