paul,
Allow me to re-quote what I feel is the operative section of my last post:
"The CIO and his cohorts were frequently wined and dined by I*M, Microsxxt and other large vendors. Sailing excursions, cruises, trips to Europe, sporting events, golf outings, Broadway shows, free lifetime use of the latest technology in the office and at home, you name it they got it. The "dark side" of corporate politics had won. Creative employees lost, customers lost, shareholders lost, everyone but the executives and "chosen" vendors lost."
If the OS battle is to be fought out on whom can "outbribe" whom for CIO approval then, yes, the MacOS may well lose out.
However, it is my understanding that the Mac platform still offers advantages in plug and play, ease of networking and the "excess funtionality" for data creation over the Win '95 interface tacked onto the NT core. (The Win'95 interface being roughly comparable to the 1990+ MacOS 6.0.8 to 7.1 you enjoyed with your SE30.)
Kawaski's bottom-up, user-centric evangelism may make him an easy target for criticism, but at least he doesn't face DOJ scrutiny.
Also, with regards to the "get a job" remark. We should all be so well paid for doing something we enjoy and believe in.
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