City #37 17 декабря 1999

Smiley - a few stapyh nome.p komp'yute of press.

  Smiley *************** *****************


(C) V. Kazakov


  Recently dug up some old numbers COMPUTER PRESS, excerpts 
from which I quote in this section. Before they were published 
in all seriousness, and now they can easily pass for humor. And 
however, decide for yourself ... 


  ... for most personal users
computer worth $ 1000, built on
Microprocessor 8088, will perform the same
tasks that computer cost
15000 dollars, based on a processor
80486.

                           CP 2-89


  ... studies have shown that in the past year
BASIC programmed approximately 4 million programmers, which is 
three times more than in all other languages ​​combined. 

                             CP 2-89


  ... group created by IBM for the development of
PC, after profound
calculations done predicted that desktops can be
sold no more than two hundred thousand pieces.


                             CP 5-90


  "... When will the 32-bit version of OS / 2, namely
Version 2.0, which we will release during 1990,
we will not hesitate to declare that it is a better operating 
system than MS-DOS, and best graphical environment than Windows 
"- Bill Gates, November 1998.


                             CP 7-90


  ... the use of workstations like eating sunflower seeds, as 
it is difficult to use only one thing. 

                             CP 8-90


  ... In his speech at the Fourth Annual
conference on computer viruses and security
New York Klaus Bramshteyn University of Hamburg said that 
Russia was ahead of Bulgaria and now the leading source of 
computer viruses Europe.


                             CP 4-91


  ... President Bush recently acquired a computer and
learns to work on it. He did so under the influence
his wife Barbara, who is a long time laptop
to write business letters and memoirs. Bush has already learned 
how to turn on and off my IBM PS / 2 Model 55 and write in the 
note business in the editor WordPerfect 5.0. 

                             CP 6-91


  ... IBM will release a multimedia training CD
for the unemployed.

                             KP 11-91


  ... president and chairman of Microsoft, Bill
Gates is likely to be the richest man in America. He owns 
shares of Microsoft in the amount of 6.46 billion dollars. 

  But the highest salary in the computer industry continues to 
receive the president of Apple, John Scully.


                             CP 2-92


  ... reported a new virus. Virus
penetrates into the computer when connecting to remote
computer via a modem. Effect of the virus manifests itself 
during the night, and affects not only the computer, but and 
the person working with him. 

                             CP 4-92


  ... the first mouse was from a tree ... Inside this
"Primitive" mouse had two wheels, on which she was riding.

                             CP 4-92