Subject: Re: Compaq buys Digital
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
From: J. Buck Caldwell <buck_c@polygon.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/27/1998 13:47:06
Dave McGuire wrote:
> On January 27, Daniel S. Kosack wrote:
> > > Well, yes and no. In my experience the early Compaqs were bulletproof
> > > while today's Compaqs are just like any other PC.
> >
> > The consumer "crap" will be consumer crap (read: Presario's); however, I
> > think the Proliants and other big boys are pretty good. You get what you
> > pay for.
>
> Dude...they're PCs...get over it, eh? You don't really believe they
> use different components, do you?
Please.. PLEASE... let's not get into the typical "My ancient piece of crap is better than your new
piece of crap" argument... let's face it: We love Vaxen not because of thier power, but because of
thier weight. We own Vaxen so that we can say "We Own Big Iron."
<duck>Can't we all just get along?</duck>
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