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Good ideas are squashed by the big boys
A few years ago there was a great company called Mirra. I heard people rave about Mirra backup systems. Then one day Seagate snatched them up. They were quickly buried into the corporate depths and never seen again. Seagate has no plans for a Mirra replacement. What a shame.
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Good ideas are squashed by the big boys  zmud | 02/21/08
Good ideas are squashed by the big boys  aussieblnd@... | 02/21/08
Is there a logic behind this?  James Quinn | 02/21/08
The following will help you understand  frgough | 02/21/08
Cynical answer  rapson | 02/21/08
logic behind this?  aussieblnd@... | 02/21/08
quite honestly  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Xunil-z Obama?................................ NOT!  James Quinn | 02/21/08
Even in your remarks  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Honest is not true especially if it comes from YOUR  James Quinn | 02/21/08
So now you call me a liar.  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Nope I think you really mean what you say... sad  James Quinn | 02/21/08
LOL!!  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
What you did not read my response below?  James Quinn | 02/21/08
I saw this one first. Now  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Start supporting Mac's you'll have plenty...:P  James Quinn | 02/21/08
Nah,...i'm content  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Not convinced OS X is ready for primetime?  msalzberg | 02/21/08
Healthcare that figures....  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Ok, that was just totally and utterly  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
Paper route many that's tough.  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Sorry, no dairy farms where i lived  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
So you are a lumberjack and that's OK eh?  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Sorry my Man, but you have no idea...  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
I wonder I haven't lost yet let's compare notes someday:P  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Ah but with Apple and the Mac....  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Oops my bad....  James Quinn | 02/22/08
How can you be wrong all the time?  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
In fact.  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
OK then...and from my perspective.  James Quinn | 02/21/08
That's it Jim, let it all out. It's good for you. Even though ....  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Quick question...  msalzberg | 02/21/08
Quick question to you first  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
OK too wordy just skimmed it.  James Quinn | 02/22/08
skimmed? Over 50% of it was a re-post of your novel..You didn't notice?  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
Yes I noticed....  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Oh yeah....  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Your spin and number of posts is making me dizzy@  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
"Apple had to do this"  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
Those two replys were rather weak.  James Quinn | 02/22/08
All of your replies are....  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
Just like your views of history my friend...  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Example please  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
What are looks worth?  James Quinn | 02/22/08
What are looks worth.....to you.  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
See Above  James Quinn | 02/22/08
quite honestly ?  aussieblnd@... | 02/21/08
Ok then.  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Ms took 5x the time it took Apple...  James Quinn | 02/21/08
How do you know?  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
In excess of 500 bug fixes in SP1 for Vista and you  James Quinn | 02/22/08
You didn't notice i said in 2007?  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
So the fact that it takes MS LONGER to patch is a  James Quinn | 02/22/08
oh contraire. When in '07 did Leopard com out?  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
XP is MUCH older than Tiger and yet it is still being  James Quinn | 02/22/08
the "Mac"  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
Again point of view....  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Do you find  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
Fair enough....  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Ok then.  aussieblnd@... | 02/21/08
Ok. ...i suppose  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
So don't use Safari...  Stuka | 02/21/08
While here in the Vista world...  Mike Cox | 02/21/08
Since when did you drop the parody thing?  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Well at the very least....  James Quinn | 02/21/08
I think Mr. Cox must . . .  JLHenry | 02/21/08
correction . . .  JLHenry | 02/21/08
Put your money...  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
I think others have made the claim it is not....  James Quinn | 02/21/08
Poor Jim.  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Feel free to scamper away my friend...  James Quinn | 02/22/08
Wait a sec....you've honestly never noticed the ...  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
Nope but there are some objective people.  James Quinn | 02/22/08
You havn't noticed?  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
I'll admit I don't know a lot about MOST of the  James Quinn | 02/22/08
In turn  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
your money...  aussieblnd@... | 02/21/08
Do you now?  xuniL_z | 02/21/08
Do you now?  aussieblnd@... | 02/21/08
Don't get too excited.  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
Vista world  aussieblnd@... | 02/21/08
Vista world.  xuniL_z | 02/22/08
And makes us all the more Spoiled  jpr75_z | 02/21/08
Cookie deletion should be fixed in 10.5.2  KeeHinckley | 02/21/08
Um.... ever try switching browsers?  devlin_X | 02/28/08

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