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From: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: A sad day...
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Date: 7 Mar 91 20:08:01 GMT
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In article <13151@helios.TAMU.EDU>, mcl9337@aim1.tamu.edu 
(MARK CHRISTOPHER LOWE) writes...
>I just read that thing about the case between Apple and Microsoft.
>I hope the hell Apple doesn't win this.  Who uses Macs anyway??  {:-<
>People that are afraid of computers!!

Who uses Windows?  People who are afraid of Macintoshes? 

>PS-You know Apple is losing business to a superior product when they start
>   suing people!

Last time I checked, Apple had a 1-3 month backlog of orders across
its product line.  Sounds like they are doing just fine.  Frankly,
I can't understand why Microsoft expects to use Apple-developed ideas
without paying for them.  When I want to use DOS on a Mac, the cost
of the SoftPC emulator includes LICENSE fees for Microsoft.

If you are looking for a villain in this situation, look carefully at
Microsoft.  On the strength of a positively TRIVIAL OS -- MS-DOS, 
they've extorted tribute from most of the PC-using world.  

Think about it for a minute.  

Mac OS is bundled with all Macs and upgrades are distributed for free.  
Since it's introduction in late '83 it has (arguably, for this newsgroup) 
been refined to a much greater extent than was DOS as it transitioned 
from 2.0 to 3.3 or 4.0.  I can understand and sympathize with those
who want to run WINDOWS on a PC -- they have been been forced to pay
for upgrades to an OS that still doesn't provide reasonable support
for RAM upgrades or decently sized hard disk volumes.

The programming effort that led to the Mac OS cost alot of money 
that was rolled into the cost of every Mac.  It can be argued (weakly) 
that Mac OS was based on the Xerox Star interface (Apple PAID to use it),
but WINDOWS is inarguably based on the Macintosh OS.

Why should Apple give it away?  I gladly paid a premium to use a 
machine with a well-designed operating system.  Why should my
dollars support Windows?  

Why the hell haven't PC-users gotten together and demanded more
DOS from Microsoft for your money?  After you've invested blood,
sweat and tears in all the add-in boards and "hidden costs"
required to make a PC work like a Mac, why are you complaining
to Apple instead of IBM?

-- Bill Johnston (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)
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