[Info-vax] One wonders why people bet their companies on Microsoft based products...

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <RsmdncG4XJQ72EvXnZ2dnUVZ_vydnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> JF Mezei wrote:
>>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>
>>>> $ SET POST/STYLE=RANT/CLASS=TELEPHONE/STATE=ON
>>>>
>>>> I have a Motorola phone and I think it is a RAZR (Red). 
>>> You did not need to go futher than that. And there are reasons why
>>> Motorola, once a world leader for handsets, has fallen to the wayside
>>> and become more or less irrelevant. I think Moto is seeking a buyer for
>>> its dying mobile unit. It has lost the energy and imagination to develop
>>>  something really good. The Razr line was a great marketing design, but
>>> poor implementation. I fear it was Motorola's last gasp/attempt at survival.
>>>
>> I have found my RAZR V3m (silver) satisfactory.  My wife has one as well 
>> and is satisfied.
>>
>> I'm coming up on my "New Every Two" (December) and I'm not sure that I 
>> could buy a better phone.  I like the PDA features on the Blackberry and 
>> thought about buying a one but I'm told that I must pay for the extra 
>> features whether I use them or not!  I don't need to send E-mail from my 
>> phone or receive it!  I prefer a 21" display for web surfing.  My phone, 
>> and any phone I know of, have about one tenth of that!
>>
>> I carry a phone for emergencies.  When my wife and I were "rear ended" 
>>  at a stop-light I just took the phone out of my pocket, scrolled 
>> through "contacts" to "Police"  and had the police on the phone in less 
>> than a minute.
>>
>> I also use it to find my wife in large stores; whip it out, hit 
> 
> If I whip it out in stores, the women gasp, the men feel inadequate
> and the police arrest me for indecent exposure! :P
> 

The voice of experience?