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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!news.intr.net!news.charm.net!news From: russmc@computek.net (Russ McClelland) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,alt.binaries.warez.mac,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBM'S ARE BETTER THAN MACS Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 18:27:20 GMT Organization: Charm.Net Baltimore Internet Access, Hon (410) 558-3900 Lines: 30 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4k916j$knv@canton.charm.net> References: <Cyclone-0504961737500001@dial24.trip.net> <31664662.1081143@153.2.170.10> <dke-0604960729360001@adnline68.adnc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal1013.computek.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:32817 alt.binaries.warez.mac:2806 comp.os.linux.advocacy:43808 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:121672 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:20506 comp.os.msdos.misc:52727 comp.os.os2.advocacy:190130 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:7579 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:97412 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34451 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2152 comp.unix.advocacy:18283 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16732 comp.unix.bsd.misc:625 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2785 comp.unix.machten:2099 comp.unix.pc-clon e.16bit:587 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9115 comp.unix.shell:31280 comp.unix.solaris:65111 comp.unix.user-friendly:3525 >Exactly... a PC standard - 10 competing standards that do not work real >well. While the Mac usually offered only 1 or 2 of the best choices. That >is what a standard is isn't it?!?! > standard adj. >1. Serving as or conforming to a standard of measurement or value. >2. Widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence. >4. Normal, familiar, or usual. >5. Commonly used or supplied. >6. Linguistics. Conforming to established educated usage in speech or >writing. ‹stan2dard0ly adv. Monopolistic, adj. 1. To refuse to let anyone license your technology until you're $700 million in debt and your stock has been down graded to "junk bond" status. Even if it means keeping yourself from becoming a powerful player in the computer market. First pioneered my Apple with its proprietery OS and hardware. 2. The real meaning of "Standard" when holding discussions with Apple proponents, since Macs are neither widely used (less than 20% marketshare) or common. 3. The same business model that cry babies say Microsoft uses to hodl the rest of the world hostage, even though, if they really wanted to be monopolistic, they would quit writing Mac software(the largest vendor) and watch the Mac crumble. -- Cat...the other white meat.