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Subject: Re: Why no M$ AppleScript or Rexx imitations?
Date: 29 May 1996 11:38:07 GMT
Organization: ARInternet, Corp.
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In <petrichDs5Fv9.5Cr@netcom.com>, petrich@netcom.com (Loren Petrich) writes:
>In article <4o0a60$9ff@kf8nh.apk.net>,
>Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <bsa@kf8nh.apk.net> wrote:
>>Also sprach rdd@access1.digex.net (R. D. Davis) (<4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net>):
>
>>| >or better yet, get an OS with a REAL batch language built in (BTW - when
>>| >IS Microsoft going to ship an OS with a real batch language built in?).
>
...
>
> And that's not to mention the scripting utilities available for
>OS/2, the Amiga, and Unix, not to mention such Big Iron OSes as VMS and
>VM/CMS. Why is M$ so behind???
>--
>Loren Petrich Happiness is a fast Macintosh
The reason is that Microsoft believes that computing means moving a
mouse, clicking on something. The Microsofties have never seen an IBM
Robot Tape library loading chromium-dioxide tape cartridges and batch
job after batch job grinding the data. "This can't be computing,
there's no mouse, no Windows, no humans??? We're soooo confused!!!!
There's no one to go anywhere today!!!" Another microsoftie lurches
around, banging into the wall, making buzzing noises. "...sooo
confused!" Smoke is pouring out of his ears...
When Microsoft builds hardware what do you get? A mouse and keyboard!
When IBM builds hardware what do you get? Robot tape libraries that
hold Terabytes of data, fibre optic data connections that run at
hundreds of mega bytes per second, un-interruptable, remotely
maintainable, parallel, redundant, mirrored, archived, restorable,
failsafe. Hardware that runs for decades. CPU's that can be maintained
and upgraded while the operating system is running production work.
IBM has software that runs other software. They do it with scripting
languages.
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