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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!news1.erols.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.pdx.oneworld.com!news.orst.edu!slip114.ucs.orst.edu!user From: nobody@ucs.orst.edu (Macartel) 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: 8 Apr 1996 14:13:47 GMT Organization: Macartel Lines: 54 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <nobody-0804960717020001@slip114.ucs.orst.edu> References: <Cyclone-0504961737500001@dial24.trip.net> <31664662.1081143@153.2.170.10> <dke-0604960729360001@adnline68.adnc.com> <4k916j$knv@canton.charm.net> <Cyclone-0704961505160001@dial18.trip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip114.ucs.orst.edu X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:33079 alt.binaries.warez.mac:2834 comp.os.linux.advocacy:43918 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:121789 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:20585 comp.os.msdos.misc:52761 comp.os.os2.advocacy:190364 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:7594 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:97546 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34474 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2176 comp.unix.advocacy:18359 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16768 comp.unix.bsd.misc:631 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2798 comp.unix.machten:2102 comp.unix.pc-clon e.16bit:589 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9120 comp.unix.shell:31301 comp.unix.solaris:65171 comp.unix.user-friendly:3527 In article <Cyclone-0704961505160001@dial18.trip.net>, Cyclone@cycland.org (Cyclone) wrote: > In article <4k916j$knv@canton.charm.net>, russmc@computek.net (Russ > McClelland) wrote: > > >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. > > Your Apple? You own stock? =) > > At any rate, Apple started to license their stuff shortly after signing > the PPC deal with IBM, so it came at about the right time. Now there was > a chip that could run both MacOS and Wintel OSes so they had to compete. > Simple. > > >2. The real meaning of "Standard" when holding discussions with Apple > >proponents, since Macs are neither widely used (less than 20% > >marketshare) or common. > > To try and quote a post I read a while back (I wish I knew the name!): > "Just because cockroaches are more popular than humans does not make them > a higher life form." It just means they thrive on less and know how to > evade a shoe. > > >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. > > hodl? Anything like hobble? =) > > Sorry, but if Microshit left, we'd still have Claris, Adobe, Central > Point, and others to keep us going. It is hardly the "largest vendor." I > personally do not own any Microshit software and do not plan on it. I run > ClarisWorks and am happy. =) > > >-- > >Cat...the other white meat. > > Disgusting. > > You PC people, please give it a rest, "PC World" just stated that MacOS is the most usable operating system. Image that, a pc pubication siding with the Mac. Check it out for yourself: http://always.apple.com/always/goodnews.html