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From: barr@Apple.COM (Ron Barr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Windows/Mac flame war fuel
Message-ID: <42691@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 6 Jul 90 03:58:35 GMT
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I've been following this discussion for some time now, and it's fun but 
frustrating.

Wolfgang appears to to be honestly interested in an objective discussion but
I think that explaining the Mac architecture to someone unfamiliar to it is
like explaining baseball to someone over the phone (remember the old Bob
Newhart routine?) I'm sure that Windows people could argue the opposite point.

I'm obviously a Mac bigot (I work at Apple because I love the mac - not the 
other way around), but as a computer fan I'm glad to see Windows 3.0. It makes
everyone more competitive. 

On the other hand, I know what Apple's working on, there's still life in 
this old horse. Don't write Apple off too quickly.

Also, Windows will force everyone to look at something-other-than-DOS, and the
Mac is by far the most usable, highest performance graphics-based personal
computer out there, no matter what Microsoft's PR department would have you
believe.

Ron