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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake)
Date: 1997/08/28
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Date: 1997-08-28T00:00:00+00:00
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Paul Johnson said

<<IBM PC vs just about anything else>>

Another example where the techies think they know better than customers.
If you don't understand why the IBM PC succeeded over what seem to you
to be clearly technically superior alternatives, you just don't understand
that market place!