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

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In article <RsmdncK4XJT70EvXnZ2dnUVZ_vxi4p2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>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?

All but the arrest! ;)

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