Re: Did Apple just trump AT&T? It appears so...

12-09-2007, 06:41 PM

Why are you posting this in a Nokia group?

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:48:36 -0700, Snit <CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>
wrote:
>"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> stated in post
>elmop-1A461D.20361602122007@nntp1.usenetserver.com on 12/2/07 6:36 PM:
>
>> In article <C378A06B.9C06C%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>,
>> Snit <CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> After a world wide search going on for nearly 2 months, 24/7 by 1000's
>>>> of people, nobody has come up with the secret you keep.
>>>
>>> He did not want Jobs to see the famous Xerox tour... and would only do so if
>>> under "orders". Atkinson has described that tour as an inspiration and as
>>> something that helped them know they were already on the right track. Jobs
>>> and company understood the importance of the graphical system far better
>>> than did the Xerox management.
>>
>> close.
>>
>> Anyway, Jobs and company saw nothing BUT the GUI, and completely missed
>> the significance of the network and the printing. COMPLETELY.
>
>And yet Apple was very early in the home networking environment (did
>*anyone* beat them to that... think of the old PhoneNet adapters) and they
>pretty much created the desktop publishing industry.
>>
>> Jobs was so blind, it wasn't funny.
>
>Support?
>
>
>--
>What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic.
>

12-09-2007, 07:03 PM

Oxford wrote:
> Keep in mind, the iPhone is only one small update away from making EVERY
> iPhone compatible with VoIP, then simply dropping the old cell network
> like a hot potato.

Oh yeah...VoIp on a 30 Kbps to 150 Kbps connection.
That has got to rock.

Oh...and don't mention the 3G upgrade. That is NOT going to
be a simple "one small update".

12-09-2007, 07:08 PM

Why are you posting this in a Nokia group?

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:03:27 -0600, DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx>
wrote:
>Oxford wrote:
>> Keep in mind, the iPhone is only one small update away from making EVERY
>> iPhone compatible with VoIP, then simply dropping the old cell network
>> like a hot potato.
>
>Oh yeah...VoIp on a 30 Kbps to 150 Kbps connection.
>That has got to rock.
>
>Oh...and don't mention the 3G upgrade. That is NOT going to
>be a simple "one small update".

12-09-2007, 07:12 PM

That's much better. Thank you. I knew you had it in you.

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:06:20 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>In article <476a9944.4161875@news.individual.net>,
> bobmartin479@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>(top posting fixed)
>
>> On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:48:36 -0700, Snit <CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>
>> wrote:
>> >"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> stated in post
>> >elmop-1A461D.20361602122007@nntp1.usenetserver.com on 12/2/07 6:36 PM:
>> >
>> >> In article <C378A06B.9C06C%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>,
>> >> Snit <CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>> After a world wide search going on for nearly 2 months, 24/7 by 1000's
>> >>>> of people, nobody has come up with the secret you keep.
>> >>>
>> >>> He did not want Jobs to see the famous Xerox tour... and would only do so
>> >>> if
>> >>> under "orders". Atkinson has described that tour as an inspiration and
>> >>> as
>> >>> something that helped them know they were already on the right track.
>> >>> Jobs
>> >>> and company understood the importance of the graphical system far better
>> >>> than did the Xerox management.
>> >>
>> >> close.
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, Jobs and company saw nothing BUT the GUI, and completely missed
>> >> the significance of the network and the printing. COMPLETELY.
>> >
>> >And yet Apple was very early in the home networking environment (did
>> >*anyone* beat them to that... think of the old PhoneNet adapters) and they
>> >pretty much created the desktop publishing industry.
>> >>
>> >> Jobs was so blind, it wasn't funny.
>> >
>> >Support?
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic.
>> >
>>
>>
>> Why are you posting this in a Nokia group?
>
>To piss you off.
>
>Gee, looked like it worked.
>

Yes it worked, you actually managed to avoid posting in the Nokia
group.

Good boy, good boy

12-09-2007, 07:16 PM

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:06:42 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>In article <475c9381.2686703@news.individual.net>,
> bobmartin479@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:59:13 -0700, Oxford
>> <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote:
>> >This rings true of what I've been saying all along, it appears even AT&T
>> >is now scared of Apple and its business intentions...
>>
>> Why are you posting this in a Nokia group?
>
>To piss you off.
>
>Gee, looks like it worked.
>
Yes I can see that. How come you didn't manage earlier. It wasn't that
difficult. Was it? I mean avoid posting in the wrong news group.

You're are making progress!

12-09-2007, 07:18 PM

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:06:42 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>In article <475c9381.2686703@news.individual.net>,
> bobmartin479@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:59:13 -0700, Oxford
>> <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote:
>> >This rings true of what I've been saying all along, it appears even AT&T
>> >is now scared of Apple and its business intentions...
>>
>> Why are you posting this in a Nokia group?
>
>To piss you off.
>
>Gee, looks like it worked.
>
Yes I can see that. How come you didn't manage earlier. It wasn't that
difficult. Was it? I mean to avoid posting in the wrong news group.

You're making progress!

12-09-2007, 07:49 PM

bobmartin479@hotmail.com wrote in
news:476a9944.4161875@news.individual.net:

>
> Why are you posting this in a Nokia group?
>
>

They posted it to discover who the stupidest member of the group was.

Thank you- you won.