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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: Can't resize windows? (was Re: Windows 3.0 & the Mac)
Message-ID: <1990Jul17.174049.26778@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 17 Jul 90 17:34:04 GMT
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In article <1990Jul17.041915.9989@d.cs.okstate.edu>, norman@d.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham) writes...
 
>From article <3114@gmdzi.UUCP>, by strobl@gmdzi.UUCP (Wolfgang Strobl):
>> A program which was designed before the advent of the Multifinder
>> had no reason to save screen space or to stuff the same information
>> (or as much as possible) into a window of reduced size. It had to
>> share the screen with a static desktop and an occasional DA, only.

Multifinder was introduced 3 years ago. It seems like a fairly bogus point to
be harping on (supposed) deficiencies of pre-MF programs as indicative of some
failing in the Mac GUI.  Tell me, how well do pre-Windows DOS programs run
under Windows 3?  Do they take advantage of all of Windows 3's features?  No? 
Does this imply something wrong with Windows 3?

Wolfgang, I've been reading these posts for some weeks now, and I must say that
I find both your questions and the answers to them stimulating and educational. 
So, feel free to keep asking; if you want to learn more about the Mac, more
power to you.  And even if you want to flame it, that's what the net's for. 
But I find it hard to buy your claim that you are "impartial" and are comparing
both systems equally.  I think you're fairly clearly in favor of Windows.

But hey, maybe we can make you see the light. :->

Robert

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