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From: carter@cat27.cs.wisc.edu (Gregory Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
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Date: 3 Mar 91 20:29:31 GMT
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I must agree with Brent P. Burton ...

He outlines some very sound points about iNTEL's screwing architecture.

BUT, We also have to look at reality.  The Mac is a very small player in
the computer market when compared to IBM compatiables.

We also have too look at the advantages that the Mac has, and they are starting
to disappear or at the least become very much less distinct.

Most people fail to realize the "foreboding" consequences of selling a million
copies of a software product like MS Windows 3.0 in a such a short time span.

Although many will argue that the relative software technologies governing
the two systems we are talking about here are very much on Apples side,
sighting a mature and standardized specification, what most people fail
to realize is that this only gives Apple a slight edge because the
relative body of software development efforts are far more IBM orientated than
that for the MAC.

Even with a slight push to obtain the type of environment that Apple currently
is dominant in by IBM development, would lift Windows to a even greater
hieghts, maybe even past what Apple users call state of the art in GUI
software technology.

Many of the problems with IBM hardware can be easily overcome by a good
standardized software specification, which now appears to be quite
widespread with so many windows owners, remember there are more window
owners than there are Mac owners.

So, although we have the advantage now, because of someones insight, these
could be very fleeting...

--Gregory