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From:

Hildo Biersma

Date:

October 24, 2000 07:10

Subject:

Re: My reading list

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Nicholas Clark wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 06:25:44PM -0700, Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote:
> > :-)  For those who haven't read them the Steve Maguire books are
> > really really good. Hallo, no matter what you think of the software
> > they shrinkwrap and sell they must (as a huge software company) have
> > thought quite a bit about how to get it there.
> 
> It's a shame they don't stick to products that they are definitely good at:
> hardware and books.

I disagree.  The original M$ hardware included such gems as RAM cards
for CP/M boxes and they were definitely unreliable.  So, yeah, _some_ of
the books and _some_ of the hardware may be good, but that sure wasn't
always the case.

Hildo

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