Let's see ... Given the line of reasoning that the largest companies
produce the
best products one could assume the following:
Packard Bell Pentium 166 + Windows NT 4.0 with IIS Server + Ascend 4004 is
the
BEST combination for an ISP site (yea-RIGHT!)...
gm... (Just a little humor guys...Please, no flames if this is what you
have...)
I could not resist! Too much coffee, not enough sleep...
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> From: Jon Rust <jpr@vcnet.com>
> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: Re: PM3 and BGP
> Date: Monday, April 21, 1997 5:33 PM
>
> >On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Willem Jan Withagen wrote:
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> >to support a large company. They usually get large because they have
>the
> >best products anyway.
>
> Bad statement there. M$ does not, in any way, shape or form, have the
best
> product. They have had the best marketing. Marketing genius !=
> technological prowess.
>
> Ascend is the biggest RAS company. IMHO, having tested the 4004 against
the
> PM-3 for 5 weeks, Livingston offers a much better product.
>
> Packard Bell is one of the largest manufacturers of PCs in the world. I
> don't think I need to tell you what people on this list think of them.
>
> Smaller companies very often produce better products than their larger
> competitors. It's foolish thinking like yours that's keeps them large.
>
> Jon
>
>