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To: DownSouth who wrote (9734)7/28/1998 12:11:00 AM
From: Jim Morrison  Respond to of 74651
 
"Years ago Sun Microsystems hired a Palo Alto consultancy to do focus
groups on computer users' perceptions of what an "open system" really
is. Sun was stunned when the customers proclaimed that DOS-based
computers were open because they allowed the user to pick a variety of
of software and install what they wanted, while the Sun/Unix approach
was seen as closed.

A Sun executive responded, "The customers are wrong", ended the
project and deep-sixed the study."

Jim Fawcette, January 1997

>>>>>>>>>>>

JM



To: DownSouth who wrote (9734)7/28/1998 11:06:00 AM
From: Mike Milde  Respond to of 74651
 
<< Perhaps that was before your time, huh? >>

Ha ha. When do you think "my time" in the computer world started? Careful, before you answer. :-)

Mike


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