[rescue] AT&T 3b1 Starlan software

[Frank Van Damme]

On Friday 14 February 2003 02:28, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > That's IBM arrogance at work. They called their operating system OS,
> > for Operating System, their disk operating system DOS, and later
> > their personal computer PC. As if there were no others.
>
> Wow - I think you are a bit too angered by this... They actually called
> it the IBM Personal Computer - what is wrong with that?

Just like "Windows". As if they invented windowing systems. And a lot of 
people believed that. Their dull, generic name helped their marketing like 
nothing else. Just make it obvious that your product is the only logical 
choice. 

> Renault had a car called "Le Car" - was that the height of arrogance
> too? There were other cars out there...

Sure :)

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Frank Van Damme
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