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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!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!smcpeek From: smcpeek@students.uiuc.edu (Shawn D. McPeek) 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: 16 Apr 1996 18:57:27 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 18 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4l0qin$fe1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <Cyclone-0504961737500001@dial24.trip.net> <31664662.1081143@153.2.170.10> <dke-0604960729360001@adnline68.adnc.com> <31678d59.1170056@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <31685e02.5498255@news.earthlink.net> <4kabef$lfg@acmez.gatech.edu> <3169647e.2324874@news.earthlink.net> <Cyclone-0804962218240001@dial30.trip.net> <316a45d7.1180919@news.earthlink.net> <dke-0904960549100001@adnline55.adnc.com> <4ki3rr$b90@minerva.ibernet.es> <31732B53.4B0B@mindspring.com> <4kvg09$4a8@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: smcpeek@uiuc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: ux4.cso.uiuc.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:34357 alt.binaries.warez.mac:3075 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45161 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:123057 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:21499 comp.os.msdos.misc:53239 comp.os.os2.advocacy:192805 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:8024 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:99126 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34717 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2575 comp.unix.advocacy:19085 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17220 comp.unix.bsd.misc:721 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2962 comp.unix.machten:2208 comp.unix.pc-clon e.16bit:642 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9194 comp.unix.shell:31613 comp.unix.solaris:65872 comp.unix.user-friendly:3584 smcpeek@isr1008.urh.uiuc.edu (Shawn D. McPeek) writes: >Trey Howland (buzsaw@mindspring.com) wrote: >: answer me one question >: >: why does Intel use macs to run their company? >: Because my friend who worked for Cray and now works for Intel, used >: macs at both companies to run everyday business. >Strange, my old roommate works at Intel and he uses either a PC or a Unix >box. He never mentioned even seeing a Mac. So, I would surmise Intel >doesn't use macs to run their company. I asked my old roommate about this and he said he's been to three different Intel sites and he hasn't seen one Macintosh. I don't know what your friend was seeing. Maybe you're just hearing things. Dunno. Shawn