From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!tekmdp!mikem Newsgroups: net.micro Title: Re: The Next Five years in Micros Article-I.D.: tekmdp.1788 Posted: Mon Feb 21 13:16:30 1983 Received: Wed Feb 23 02:22:00 1983 I really have nothing against Jerry Pournelle, but I must make this comment... He is giving a paper at NCC on the future of micros, no doubt because his opinion on the subject is respected. Unless I am taking his plea for help too literally, he really doesn't have the foggiest idea of what should happen or what will happen. Prognosticators should have some level of confidence in their work, else some might be led down the wrong rosey path. On the lighter side of things, having been asked to give papers at other conferences, I too have some doubts in what I say, but I never let anyone else in on it. Flame to: Mike Mihalik Tektronix, Inc. {dec|ucb}vax!tektronix!tekmdp!mikem