Just curious - who made up the "world wide standards"? Please don't tell
me they were dreamed up by the French. :-)
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy at bbl.med.upenn.edu>
To: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: Wire wheels
> FWIW, Almost everything a Mac does is world wide standards based.
> Almost everything a Windows box does is MS based. The world wide
> standards were being written long before NT and 2K were wet dream in
> Billy's eyes. There is a reason the internet is based mostly on UNIX,
> there is a reason most banks and online ordering systems shy away from
> Windows. There is a reason most publishing houses use Macs, there is a
> reason most schools uses Macs, there is a reason over half the worlds
> researchers use Macs, there is a reason the 3rd fastest supercomputer
> in the world is a Mac Cluster, and there is a reason Windows dominates
> the corporate boardrooms. And it has nothing to do with standards and
> compatibility.
>
> Larry
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