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From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga vs. Mac
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Date: 14 Mar 91 05:06:39 GMT
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In article <1991Mar14.004546.18206@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes:
>>From what I've seen, most firms HIRE a consultant, and  send the employees
>>to be TRAINED to use a single piece of software like Lotus. In fact, they
>>teach classes on 'How to use AutoCad, Lotus, Dbase, etc' at my local college.
>>
>
>Have you ever seen AutoCAD ? Lotus ? DBase ?
>
>These are real programs that have *POWER*, real business power.
>
>Courses are a very effective way of getting the most out of a business     
>software package.
>
>Matt Crowd.

Exactly my point. Just because somethingis powerful doesn't mean 
it is easy to use. By far the most powerful software has a steep
learning curve. Just look at TeX. It's very powerful, yet it's hard
to learn. The Mac is perceived to be powerful. I disagree. It's 
interface just gets in the way. It insults me. Hell, why don't they just
start making computers thatinfants can use with little smily faces,
colorful wheels, and pacifiers. When I use a Mac, it makes me feel
like the software is constraining me, like someone is grbabing your
hands guiding you saying 'Look, you've got to do it MY WAY.'

Just check out a quote from this months BYTE article on Mac business
software:

  A good deal of ink has been spilled in the past year about whether the
  Macintosh is really a business computer. Complaints about its software
  standards, operating-system proclivities, and networking prowess have
  showered in, mostly from the usual suspects. Mac detractors complained
  ad nauseam about its graphical user interface getting in the way of
  power users. [...]

(of course, the article had some nice things to say about the Mac, that
I don't agree with..heh, of course I'm only going to use text that
supports my point. :-) )