Re: More Apple quality problems?

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: More Apple quality problems?
Date	2015-01-19 15:11 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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In article <f86d3213-68d2-43ff-8a1b-bcc935e4adbd@googlegroups.com>,
unfrostedpoptart <david@therogoffs.com> wrote:

> > > >> The damned media were doing that job on OS/2 forever.  The media were
> > > >> responsible for killing that great operating system.
> > 
> > the media did not kill it. microsoft did.
> 
> Sort of.  I used it and remember the issue was that when MS went to Win32
> libraries/API, IBM didn't have the license to access it in OS/2.  Only the
> older Win16 stuff.  So, as every new Windows program came out or migrated to
> 32-bit, they wouldn't run anymore under OS/2 and you were stuck with old DOS
> and Windows programs and what few native OS/2 programs existed.  

microsoft made deals with the clone makers and software companies and
effectively killed the competition. that's part of why they got in
legal trouble.

the media certainly didn't do it, nor could they even if they tried,
especially back then.

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More Apple quality problems? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-12-30 21:06 -0700
  Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 13:54 +0000
    Re: More Apple quality problems? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-12-31 14:23 +0000
      Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 14:54 +0000
        Re: More Apple quality problems? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-12-31 21:39 +0000
          Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 21:44 +0000
      Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-31 16:55 -0500
        Re: More Apple quality problems? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-12-31 17:11 -0500
          Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 22:13 +0000
          Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-31 17:45 -0500
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 23:09 +0000
              Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-31 18:16 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 00:06 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-31 19:15 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 00:23 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-01 14:04 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 16:09 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-01 09:25 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-01 14:20 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-01 15:49 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-01 23:35 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-02 09:30 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-02 06:24 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-03 03:59 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-01 01:13 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 16:05 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-01 18:01 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 23:31 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-01 18:51 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-02 13:57 +1300
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-02 09:38 +1300
              Re: More Apple quality problems? billy@MIX.COM - 2015-01-01 03:20 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 04:26 +0000
              Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-01 14:01 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 16:06 +0000
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-12-31 18:24 -0500
            Re: More Apple quality problems? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-01-01 15:14 -0700
        Re: More Apple quality problems? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-12-31 14:37 -0800
          Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-31 17:48 -0500
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 23:08 +0000
  Re: More Apple quality problems? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-02 17:48 -0800
  Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-17 20:21 -0500
    Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 01:27 +0000
      Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-18 10:49 -0500
        Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 16:16 +0000
          Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-18 12:16 -0500
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 17:23 +0000
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-18 18:19 +0000
              Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-18 15:33 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-18 20:50 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-18 23:15 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-18 23:33 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-18 19:59 -0800
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-19 19:24 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-19 19:23 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-18 19:03 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-19 19:21 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-19 14:37 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? unfrostedpoptart <david@therogoffs.com> - 2015-01-19 12:05 -0800
                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-19 15:11 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 11:04 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-19 19:19 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-20 09:19 +1300
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 23:23 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-18 20:56 -0700
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-19 09:28 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-21 21:20 -0800
                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-22 00:52 -0500

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