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----- Original Message ----- From: <David.X.Kahn@gsk.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:54 AM Subject: Re: OS-X vs. Windows > jt wrote: > > > Of course, the same thing is true when Mac users say "Windows crashes > > a lot." That's not true either. > > I guess it depends which version of Windows. At home I use ME (mainly > because it came pre-installed on the box). In less than a year I've had to > re-install it twice - a non-trivial procedure. I'm completely up to date > with patches from M$ but if the thing goes over 2 hours without either > freezing solid or BSOD-ing I think it's done well. Use NT workstation or 2000/XP if you want to avoid crashes. Use 98 second edition if you want to run every program known to man. Use a Mac if you want to run a small graphics design shop and create stunning digital artwork that will drive your customers (who all run PCs of course) bonkers as they try to find something that will actually read those files. That's been my experience. The Mac was a stunning design crippled by the stunning greed of Steve Jobs, who wanted to be sure that all those third party board and software makers that got rich off his Apple II would be excluded fro his market. In one of the great paradoxes of history, it was IBM that published and open standard for its PC line, and encouraged all comers. Apple kept tight fisted control over the Mac and licensed only a few people (each paying royalties, and as I remember, under some publishing control from Apple) to write software for the Mac. The success of the PC is the result of the efforts of a million little guys, and the relative failure of the Mac is the result of Steve Jobs and his sycophants. Of course, the two programs that crash my Windows PC are both from the big guys - Netscape and IE. Right now would be a great time for someone to come up with an open source version of Windows 98, as Microsoft for the third time tries to force everyone over to the NT-branch of Windows, this time using XP. I wonder how many people are running Macs on their As/400? (Thought I would throw that out to move this back ontopic.) (And will probably get moans and groans of people saying 'not THAT again). Okay, has anyone on this list bought new Macs in 2001 to connect to their AS/400? How many? Brad Jensen elstore.com LaserVault - I once owned a Mac - it was delicious PS I am kidding a little here, anybody is welcome to own any computer that suits them, even an Amiga. (Do they still make those?)
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