Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Applelink, Personal Edition Message-ID: <8907071032.aa13436@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 7 Jul 89 15:22:05 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 22 >While I'm on the subject: I think the Applelink software it extremely >sluggish... horrible, actually. It annoys me to use it. I'm so comfortable >using Proterm, plus it's incredibly fast. Applelink is a great idea, but I >rarely call because I hate the software. Plus the messages bases leave a lot >to be desired. Having to open all those folders... ugh! > >Apple should be ashamed of itself -:). Apple didn't do it -- Quantum did. I watched a demo of AppleLink PE at a club meeting a couple of months ago and didn't think it bad at all. Remember, the system isn't written for high profile network wizards; it's written for ordinary schmucks who don't know the difference between parity and baud. Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)