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From: mahesh@news.nd.edu (Mahesh Subramanya)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Next rumours from MacWeek
Message-ID: <211@news.nd.edu>
Date: 7 Jul 90 22:53:35 GMT
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From article <1990Jul6.131220.2151@acc.stolaf.edu>, by hannum@mahler.psu.edu (Charles Hannum):
> It doesn't surprise me that they would print garbage like that in MacWeek.
> 
>  1) The magazine is trash.
> 

Wellll, sort of.  Admittedly, the mags gotten jolly snooty lately, with 
a definite "Macintosh's are gods and embody the latest in hw/sw" attitude
(HAH!), but there are the occassional good news titbits.

>  2) The computer is trash.  (Well, it's not very stylish anyway.  "Trash"
>     might be a little too strong [but not much].)
> 

Ay and verily.  My Mac II has been reduced to the occassional MS Word doc, 
and office mail (we all use QuickMail internally.  Ever tried it on Appletalk?
Its also aliased to SnailMail)

>  3) Apple and NeXT aren't exactly on good terms, and the users seem to be
>     getting involved in this too.  I know many Mac users that absolutely
>     despise the NeXT.
> 

What IS the deal with this? Are the Macnuts running scared?  One of my
colleagues came up to me with this horrible smirk on his face (after reading
the MacRumor about an NeXT with integrated tiny screen) and said something
to the tune of "Sounds familiar doesn't it? heh, heh, heh"  I almost 
brained him (would have too if there was no one around). 
	An attempt to *discuss* the NeXT (sw, hw, arch, ANYTHING)usually
ends up with the Macdiots saying "we have more Apps".  Sounds suspiciously
like the DOSsers when the Mac came out...


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