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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
Message-ID: <2991@gmdzi.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jul 90 08:06:32 GMT
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ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu ((C. Irby)) writes:
>In article <2986@gmdzi.UUCP>, strobl@gmdzi.UUCP (Wolfgang Strobl) writes:
>> 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.
>> 

>No copyright- but a monopoly so far...

So the MacFans out there have a monopoly on a certain terminology. I am
even more impressed.

Wolfgang Strobl