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I thought it was the Standard Oil that was broken up, not Ford.
Ford did not become a large company till sometimes after 1913 and it always
had tons of competition.
Lionel
-----Original Message-----
From: Al Taglavore <altag@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, July 11, 1998 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Win98
>Mr. Maas,
>
>Your knowledge of American economic history is somewhat suspect. Do you
>really believe that Apple, Unix and Dos were failures? Most of the
>publishing industry along with designers and the entertainment industry
>uses Apple products. Almost all airlines and major business applications
>are for Unix. Dos is still a very prominent systems in the local banks and
>hospitals I know about.
>
>".....(Most of our "governments" do not DAILY use a computer, let alone
>> know how to run one !).... Did my browser get this one correct? Perhaps
>YOUR government is not computer functional. My city, parish(county),
>state, and federal government is very computer dependent. Not on Windows,
>though.
>
>Enough. No response is necessary, Mr. Maas. Let's focus on stock charts,
>the Japanese election and the US Dollar.
>
>Al Taglavore
>
>----------
>> From: A.J. Maas <anthmaas@xxxxxx>
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Win98
>> Date: Saturday, July 11, 1998 5:29 AM
>>
>> >I feel the pain the same as you do, but I also
>> >realize that it is always our choice. We can
>> >jump ship anytime we want to. In fact, the
>> >other companies want you to -- remember when
>> >OS/2 made a big todo about Win95 failures? I'm
>> >surprised they haven't done that for Win98 as
>> >well. Well, not too surprised -- OS/2 falls
>> >by the wayside and then resurfaces 6 months
>> >later.
>>
>>
>> Agree with you whole heartly!!
>>
>> First, technology progression should NEVER be obstructed*, and
>> second, not ever by governments ruling markets(=COMMUNISM).
>> Governments, who first, in this, don't make operating systems and thus
>> do not have to fork out the needed developments' investments/are exposed
>> to any of the riscs involved, and second, don't have a qlue what type of
>> markets-developments are required.
>> (Most of our "governments" do not DAILY use a computer, let alone
>> know how to run one !).
>>
>> *In the early 20th Century-years, Ford Motor Company was forced
>> to "split up" and what was left over was for others to develop.
>> This Middle Ages' remidy then resulted in US-recession years,
>> though it was not the cause, and had set back countries' technical
>> progress for ages.
>>
>> If anyone thinks Windows 95/98/NT is not this time-age' demand let
>> them develop and market their system, know upfront that many have
>> tried and failed in the end(-product).
>> Examples of failures are plenty:
>> -Apples' MAC,OS/2,Unix,DOS etc etc.
>>
>> Like with the stockmarkets:
>> Let the markets decide, NOT governments.
>>
>> And as for any Microsofts' Upgrades:
>> They are and have known to always be overbugged.
>> I will NEVER install any of its upgrades, the users' nightmare, and
>instead
>> either buy any of its new FULL program versions or do NOT buy/skip it at
>all.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ton Maas
>> Ms-IRB@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>
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