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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Apple Computer wins ruling against 'Windows'
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Date: 16 Mar 91 06:49:41 GMT
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In article <1468@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> cohill@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Andrew M. Cohill):
> In article <1991Mar15.101202.1@csc.anu.edu.au> pfr654@csc.anu.edu.au:
> > GO APPLE!!!

> So why is it "successful"?  [ discussion on windows 3.0 deleted ]

I was going to do a top ten list, but I am a bit grogy (1:00 AM), so just
a few random notes:

1. Windows has an excellent card game that even allows PC dweebs to win.
2. DOS users are acustomed to buying shelfware.
3. The "Windows 3.0" start-up screen lets others know that you are in
the "in crowd" without even having to use windows.
4. Windows is equally hard to install on any PC machine.
5. Most hardware dealers give Windows 3 away to promote add-on sales.
6. Windows is an excuse for PC dweebs to justify buying 4 megabytes of
memory that they would not otherwise be able to use.
7. Windows is just like the Macintosh but on a PC. (tee-hee!)
8. The programming interface changes with every Windows release, which
puts novices at the same level as power programmers.
9. Windows turns your PC into a screaming multi-tasking power-house.
10. Windows allows you to use that mouse you purchased 3 years ago in
a fit of Macintosh envy.

(BTW, #1 above does not imply that I think all PC users are dweebs.
After all, I am a PC user, and I am not a dweeb.  Rather, when I say
dweeb, I mean to refer to corporate management type PC "power users"
that barely know how to turn the power on and think that booting 123
constitutes a computer skill.)

-john-

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