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From: strobl@gmdzi.UUCP (Wolfgang Strobl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Rumor -> Loss of Mac's 20% advantage over Windows 3.0
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Date: 4 Jul 90 22:12:32 GMT
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sobiloff@agnes.acc.stolaf.edu (Chrome Cboy) writes:

>The MacFans out in net.land use the word Macintosh to describe the proper way
>of maintaining consistency and ease-of-use in an interface. So, when they (and
>I) say that Windows isn't Mac-like, what they are saying is that the
>level of consistency and ease-of-use is not up to the Macintosh's levels.

So Apple has a copyright on consistency and ease-of-use. I am impressed.

Wolfgang Strobl