no respect

no respect

[James E. Hopper]

Those of you who bemoan the fact that Ada gets no respect
while at the same time spitting on the mac might want to
consider this fragment from an article in macweek called
OFF THE RECORD by MARK HALL


More good news Last week I wrote a follow-up story about how 
large sites that  were putting the Mac out to pasture had 
reconsidered. Also, I was able to report about how a couple 
of organizations had constantly fought off efforts to 
standardize on Wintel machines.

Although it was gratifying to write the piece, I could have 
reported about even more companies. But many large organizations 
that depend on the Mac don't want their competitors to know this.
They see the Mac as a one of their competitive advantages. They
build customized applications that make their employees much
more productive. The last thing they want is to let their
archenemies in on the secret. From their point of view, having
more competitors think that platform standardization is a good
thing works to their advantage. Strange but true.

sound familar :-)

jim