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Le Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:32:02 +0100, J-P. Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr> a =C3=A9=
crit:

> Le 05/11/2010 17:39, Robert A Duff a =C3=A9crit :
>> "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> writes:
>>
>>> BTW: do you want to see my collection of things where the most  =

>>> succesful
>>> design failed to be the most popular one?
>>
>> I do, although I'm not sure you said what you meant above ;-).
>>
> By "most successful" I meant "technically best".
>
> Mac vs PC, VMS vs Unix, Betamax vs VHS, OS/2 vs Windows to name a few.=
..

Mac vs PC : a matter of price
http://vista.blorge.com/2009/04/20/apple-fanboys-fight-back-in-mac-vs-pc=
-pricing-debate/

VMS vs Unix : do not know, while interestingly VMS run on 64 bits  =

architectures as early as=E2=80=A6 1992
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/vms_vs_unix.html
At least, VMS commands was more intelligible than the ones of UNIX
http://shum.huji.ac.il/cc/guides/VMSvsUNIX.html

Betamax vs VHS : a matter of price, and a matter of recording length
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/compare/betamax-vhs.html

OS/2 vs Windows : do not have any reference in hand, just that I remembe=
r  =

Microsoft played all he could to make it forgotten.


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Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es=
t pas pour  =

les chiens.

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