Article 53495 of comp.sys.dec: On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, jfmezei wrote: > You should go to NT for the same reason Palmer gave away DEC's keys to > Bill Gates. > It is (unfortunatly) inevitable that NT will rule. The sheeps of the > world can't wait to jump into the NT bandwagon based on what they have > heard from the media about NT being the system of the future. > Considering M$'s ability to heard all the sheep of the world into its > paddock, and looking at its past experience in luring people into > something it pretended was an operating system (DOS) and away from a > real GUI (MAC aka 1984), and later relented in adding Windows to DOS, > considering that success with failed software, it is hard to imagine > that M$ would fail with NT which by all accounts, is superior to what M$ > has produced in the past. The sad joke is that even M$ don't have faith in NT. The expect other people to run their businesses on it, but don't have the balls to do it themselves. Hypocritical shits, aren't they: $ whois microsoft.com Microsoft Corporation (MICROSOFT-DOM) 3635 157th Avenue Redmond, WA 98052 US Domain Name: MICROSOFT.COM Administrative Contact: MSN Hostmaster (MH37-ORG) msnhst@MICROSOFT.COM tel.: 206 882 8080 fax.: 206 703 2641 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: MSN NOC (MN5-ORG) msnnoc@MICROSOFT.COM 206 882 8080 Billing Contact: MSN Domain Billing (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 206 882 8080 Record last updated on 06-Jun-97. Record created on 02-May-91. Database last updated on 16-Jun-97 05:26:09 EDT. Domain servers in listed order: ATBD.MICROSOFT.COM 131.107.1.7 DNS1.MICROSOFT.COM 131.107.1.240 DNS3.NWNET.NET 192.220.250.7 DNS4.NWNET.NET 192.220.251.7 The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information (Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's). Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information. $ telnet atbd.microsoft.com Trying 131.107.1.7... Connected to atbd.microsoft.com. Escape character is '^]'. System V UNIX (atbd) login: telnet> quit Connection closed. -- R!ch If it ain't analogue, it ain't music. #include \\|// - ? (o o) /==================================oOOo=(_)=oOOo========\ | Richard Teer richard.teer@uk.sun.com | | Sun Service Contractor | | Voice: +44 (0)1276 691974 | | .oooO | | ( ) Oooo. | \===================================\ (==( )==========/ \_) ) / (_/