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- From: bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB)
- Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.230607.28570@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:06:07 GMT
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- wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
- >Why .ibm.pc.* ???
- >Is there .apple.pc or .mac.pc right now ???
- These groups hierachies started long BEFORE 'PC' started to include non-IBM
- machines like the Mac, Lisa, Apple IIGS, etc, but I get your point.
- The problem is that 'PC' by itself has STOPPED being a synimum(sp) for IBM.
- How many products are labeled 'PC compatable' as opposed to 'IBM compatable'.
- Very few. PC means a personal computer; computer designed to be used
- by one person (Dictionary of Computer Terms 3rd edition) it does NOT mean
- IBM compatable.
- I am worried that JUST pc will result in a small influx of Amiga and AppleII
- people since those machinces are ALSO called 'PCs' and a latter influx of
- the PowerPC crowd.
- I personly believe that a group should clearly and
- consisely state what it is about {epesially if the FAQ on the groups is
- somewhat irregular in posting.} May be .pc.clone. would be better then
- .ibm.pc. though JUST .pc. is NOT a good idea.
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