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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (77911)	3/15/2000 12:49:00 PM
From: BGR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne, If a x486 with windoes 3.1 is providing the same value to you today as it did in the past, to the extent that you do not feel the need for a PIII machine with Windows 2k, where is the depreciation coming from? If you do not want to build your own computer, buy it online with just the O/S installed. To sum up: 1) a majority of consumers voluntarily want to upgrade from the Windows 3.1/x486 boxes as they perceive greater value in doing so, and 2) nobody is forced to upgrade as there are several feasible (but not necessarily as convenient, which is the problem of not adopting the popular solution) alternatives. So, what is the problem here as far as the CPI is concerned? I see that you have sidetracked my point that someone from a lower economic stratum may not agree with you about the cost/quality ratio of services provided by the Govt. :-) -BGR.

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (77911)	3/15/2000 10:15:00 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne - dailynews.yahoo.com "Wednesday March 15 2:47 PM ET Fossils of Tiny Primates Found By DAVID KINNEY, Associated Press Writer Anthropologists have discovered fossils from two species of ``teeny, tiny primates,' thumb-sized creatures smaller than any other known primate on the family tree leading to monkeys, apes and humans..." "...Because it would have needed to eat insects voraciously to keep up with an overheated metabolism, it would have had higher primate features: two eyes facing forward and soft hands without claws, all the better to focus on and grab bugs..." With 60,000 bugs in W2000, Microsoft should really be trying to entice these guys with stock options. -g- Regards, Don