In message <CMM.0.90.2.844795538.billw@puli.cisco.com>, William Chops Westfield
 writes:
>If it makes you feel
>better, don't think of it as a kludgey computer running an evil operating
>system, just think of it as a stand-alone programming box.  You don't have
>to learn much about msdos to use it, either...

        Great point.  An article I once read in the business section of
either "Newsweek" or "U.S. News" suggested that a good business stragegy
was to think of a desirable business application and then buy the hardware
that would best run it.  While this was aimed at the legger and spread-sheet
croud, it applies to us also.  No one platform is perfect for every
application so it isn't totally far-fetched to spend your biggest bucks
on the system that you like best and then shop around for a good deal on
another system that might not be your first choice but will really scream
through some particular application.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 36.7N97.4W
OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Data Communications Group