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To: Hal Rubel who wrote (7735)	5/20/1998 9:46:00 PM
From: dumbmoney	of 74651

Kluge vs Innovation: As you may well know, Apple has been doing it for 12 years for the same products you list. The concept was called "Plug and Play!" back in the 80s. Its an old selling point Apple no longer bothers to mention. First you create types of peripheral standards, then suppliers write to them. Simple. It means you have a slightly more expensive product, but it also means you have a more valuable product. Blame IBM! It was their stupid design that caused the problems. Intel and Microsoft have worked hard to evolve the PC platform beyond ISA, and the effort is succeeding. Most new devices are PCI. If Microsoft is "slow", it's not for lack of effort. The resources they are putting into OS development is enormously greater then even a couple years ago.

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