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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: PostScript/TrueType Question
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Date: 9 Oct 90 17:31:00 GMT
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From article <1990Oct8.190909.23296@midway.uchicago.edu>, by gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu:
> But perhaps Goodger's post can be better understood in light of the fact that
> Gillies routinely flames the Mac.  In fact if I see a post by Gillies I bet
> myself ahead of time that it's going to be a flame against the Mac.  

/* Written  1:19 pm  Sep 26, 1990 by gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac.system */
Be patient, be patient.  You can always sell your macintosh and buy a
PC to run OS/2 *snicker*.  Tuning could make the difference between
having a system 7.0 that's as piggy as OS/2, and a system 7.0 that's
correct simple and fast.

When was the last time any company added virtual memory support to a
computer as an afterthought?
/* End of text from m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac.system */


I believe the above statement is praise, in response to someone else's
flame.  I admit to commenting on (1) rotation of objects in quickdraw,
(2) apple's allocation of R&D money to business enhancements /
hardware, (3) the [misreported] design decisions of the 3 new macs,
and (4) the fact that [under university discounts] apple charges only
$150 for a 20Mb drive in an SE, and during its lifetime made a $500
increase to the price of a bare Mac II system unit (i.e.  Apple has
artificially jacked-up the price of "bare boxes", to take business
from 3rd-party companies).

Are these vacuous issues?

I hope that we can work towards the day when mankind judges "flames" not
by their frequency of occurence, but the content of their communication.


Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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