Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!unido!gmdzi!strobl From: strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS Message-ID: <4194@gmdzi.gmd.de> Date: 3 Mar 91 02:10:08 GMT References: <12337@goofy.Apple.COM> Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, F. R. Germany Lines: 40 rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) writes: [description of the purpose and functionality of the Macintosh clipboard omitted] >BTW: It's rare for me to post into an argumentative thread. I did so this >time because someone asked for some real information I could supply (and I >hope it answers your question.) I have never seen anyone's mind changed by >argument. The fellow who started this thread said he keeps losing >arguments to the DOS fans - but I notice he remains unconvinced that their >arguments are correct! I confidently predict that if he begins to win >those arguments, the DOS fans will be equally unconvinced. (Of course, if >arguing is simply your hobby, then have at it. :-) Arguing is a good way to learn about something. If have read in this thread that the Macs clipboard support is something which makes it superior to other machines, especially to those running MSDOS and Windows. As a Windows programmer, I know how Windows handles the clipboard and consider it usable. So - assuming that the people who made the above statement know what they are talking about - I conclude that the Macs clipboard support has something which the Windows clipboard support doesn't have. But what? Nothing I've read so far gives any hint. So let me make the statement: Windows clipboard support is better. The Macs clipboard support seems to be written for transporting something between applications running one after the other, so the restriction to a few clipboard formats and the necessity to actually create and copy all the supported formats at the same time. While Windows allows the same style of interation between programs, the prefered method is to generate a request to render a clipboard format only if an application actually asks for a copy of the clipboard content in this format. I make this statement neither to convince anybody, nor because arguing is my hobby; its sole purpose is to learn something technical from the many answers refuting my statement. :-) Wolfgang Strobl #include