<< What a revoltin' development this is! >>
Chester A. Riley
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<< [Editor's note: Virtual PC with Red Hat Linux has already disappeared from the Connectix website.] >>
Most interesting . . .
I find it interesting also that this bit of news hasn't registeread the slightest blip on the Linux websites that I frequent. Even sites that are normally quick to respond with vituperative paranoia to any and every move related to Microsoft vs. Linux.
The reason for the nonreaction seems to be - my vague impression, anyway - that Virtual PC with Red Hat Linux is virtually a non-issue in the Linux world. It is rarely mentioned in the Linux press, and when it has been, there has usually been no discussion. I.e., no interest. I do not recall ever seeing it mentioned on a Linux bulletin board. I never heard of anybody using it.
Checking out the Red Hat web site I see virtually no mention of Virtual PC for Red Hat Linux.
So - the Linux folk haven't even noticed it's passing. It is already a non-issue.
I don't think I'll bring it up to them - it would just spawn a bit of gentle Macintosh-bashing over how this is a problem for the Macintosh world, not for Linux - that if you're gonna play with fire, you're gonna get burned - and that this is just one more reason to go the Linux route over the Mac.
It's too easy a shot.
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I never have run a Wintel emulator on any of my Macs. Never had the need.
I have long heard that, performancewise, it may make as much sense to just buy a cheap Wintel PC, network it with your Mac, and run both off a KVM switch than to run a software Wintel emulator directly on the Mac.
But different people have different needs.
If Virtual PC for Macintosh continues to do the job for those who need it, great. I expect that they will stick with the program.
In the best of all possible worlds, Microsoft should be able to make it the best program that it can possibly be. Virtual PC for Macintosh users may end up becoming very happy campers due to this deal.
And if Microsoft chooses to play it's usual games with the program, well - in an era of $199 PCs - should a Macintosh user still need to run some Microsoft PC programs - just getting a second computer to sit next to your Mac while networking and running both off a KVM switch may make more and more sense.
This will be interesting to watch - from a respectful distance.
Regards,
Epaminondas
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<< What a revoltin' development this is! >>
The exasperating cry of Chester A. Riley, heard each week on the sitcom THE LIFE OF RILEY/NBC/1949-58. Chester was a softhearted aircraft factory worker living in Los Angeles with his long-suffering wife, Peg [Rosemary DeCamp]; his younger son, Junior [Lanny Rees]; and his older daughter, Babs [Gloria Winters]. The phrase "What a revoltin' development this is!" was first coined by the sharp-witted comedian, Groucho Marx during a phone conversation with the series' creator Irving Brecher in the 1940s. Brecher originally wrote the "Riley" script for a radio program slated to star comedian Groucho Marx. It was to be called THE FLOTSAM FAMILY. However, the attempt at selling the script failed. Upon hearing the bad news Groucho remarked "What a revoltin' development this is!" Brecher's found the phrase very unique and asked if he could use it. Groucho agreed. Brecher rewrote/repackaged the script under the title THE LIFE OF RILEY and the rest was not so revoltin'. Jackie Gleason was the first to play Chester A. Riley on television [1949-50]. Later, William Bendix, who originally starred on the radio version of the series, assumed the role of Riley for the remainder of the series run. Groucho Marx went on to host the spectacularly popular game/audience participation show YOU BET YOUR LIFE/NBC/1950-61. TRIVIA NOTE: Daffy Duck says the phrase just after being suited up in a toreador outfit by the bull in the animated feature Mexican Joyride [1947]. >>
[ 02-22-2003, 03:58 PM: Message edited by: Epaminondas ]
