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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!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.gi.net!news.mid.net!news.dra.com!news.starnet.net!usenet From: cable@cybergate.org (Norman G. King) Newsgroups: alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,alt.org.team-os2,alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why no M$ AppleScript or Rexx imitations? Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 01:14:08 GMT Organization: Reboot Inc. Lines: 49 Message-ID: <4pq755$gdr@news.starnet.net> References: <4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4muhf9$giv@phobos.Candle.Com> <4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net> <4o0a60$9ff@kf8nh.apk.net> <petrichDs5Fv9.5Cr@netcom.com> <4ohcuv$772@ari.ari.net> <4op27j$igq@newnews.iafrica.com> <4opqvo$ds6@ramp2.tir.com> <31B1C251.62C1@easyaccess.com> <31bb5ad3.23097029@nntp.iquest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cp1-148.cybergate.org X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:23291 comp.os.os2.advocacy:209526 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:113155 comp.os.linux.advocacy:52004 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:21227 Me@Net.com (The Man) wrote: >On Sun, 02 Jun 1996 09:33:21 -0700, KORO the Great ><ksahin@easyaccess.com> wrote: >>John Gartee wrote: >>> >>> >When Microsoft builds hardware what do you get? A mouse and keyboard! >>> > >>> >>> Hey, it's a great keyboard (even under my beloved Warp!) :-)> . Logitech makes a >>> better mouse, though.... MS comes in a close second. >> >>M$ didn't design that keyboard... They bought it from another keyboard >>company. Same thing with thier mouse... >> Keytronics designed that keyboard and they have their own version of the keyboard which is about $20 cheaper than Microsoft. >>Actually, IMO, the M$ mouse is terrible. My old M$ Mouse is dead now... >> It died in the same fassion as a horribly abused mouse, except for the >>fact that it was never abused. :-) >>-- The Original Microsoft Mouse was crap, but the Microsoft Mouse 2.0 that is shaped like a foot is actually better. >> KORO the Great >What are you smokin? The Microsoft Mouse is the BEST! I have used >mine for 2 years and it still works perfectly. It is also very >confortable to use. The Microsoft mouse is the best, bar none. But if you haven't the $90 get the $12 ClickES mouse with three buttons that is Microsoft compatible. I got a lifetime warrenty with that and only $12 and it works with the Microsoft driver. Gee, nothing about why no AppleScript or Rexx imitations in Windows 95? Microsoft is planning to use JavaScript for applications in Windows 97 and Windows NT 4.0, you can download Java programs from the net and run them in future versions of Windows. Microsoft is taking its time because it is writing script recorders to build JavaScript apps without any knowledge of Java. +----------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Cable | Send mail to cable@cybergate.org | | Norman King | with Subject: "REQKEY" to get PGP key. | +----------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Reboot Computer Support http://www.cybergate.org/~cable | | Making a computer literate world, one user at a time! | +--------------------------------------------------------------+