[itdiscuss] mac or PC?

[Jeffrey Thompson]

Bill we were trying to forget the dark ages ... :P

On Sep 17, 2008, at 6:53 AM, <blloyd at buskercom.com> wrote:

> 10 years ago macs were only nightmares to those who were afraid of  
> them.  =)
>
> Before the “dawn” of Win95 EVERYTHING was easier on a mac,  
> especially networking.  Easier translatated to less work and better  
> overall productivity for both the IT staff and users.  It just  
> worked.   There were no 8.3 file name limits, you didn’t have to  
> come up with criptic names for network or printer shares, and you  
> didn’t have to assign letters to network drives.
>
> With PCs you had to do all kinds of weird stuff just to make them  
> work together.  Do any of you remember NDIS drivers and getting them  
> to work?  Do you remember how to load the “middleware” that actually  
> let you connect to a network server?  Remember BANYAN VINES, LANMAN,  
> PATHWORKS, and NETWARE?  Those were the days that an IT guy earned  
> his/her stripes.  Take me back….please….take me back….
>
> (By the way, I appologize ahead of time for any misspelled words.  I  
> still can’t get the Office 2007 spell checker to work.)
>
>
>
> Bill Lloyd
> IT Manager
>
>
> <bcilogo25.jpg>
> 2567 Athens Hwy.
> Gainesville, GA 30507
> Phone: 770-417-1604
> Cell:     404-379-6963
>
> blloyd at buskercom.com
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