Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!opal!unido!gmdzi!strobl From: strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Apple Computer wins ruling against 'Windows' Message-ID: <4326@gmdzi.gmd.de> Date: 17 Mar 91 13:10:33 GMT References: <46873@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1991Mar15.101202.1@csc.anu.edu.au> <1468@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> <705@newave.UUCP> Organization: GMD, St. Augustin, F.R. Germany Lines: 39 john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) writes: >... >> 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: >... A few random comments... >3. The "Windows 3.0" start-up screen lets others know that you are in >the "in crowd" without even having to use windows. Most people I know either suppress it or replace it with something different - a picture of the Macintosh desktop, for example, just to experience the only true look & feel for a few seconds. :-) Of course, this is highly illegal 8-(, so I cannot recommend it. >8. The programming interface changes with every Windows release, which >puts novices at the same level as power programmers. Wrong. Just to the contrary, the programming interface is quite stable for some years now, giving those people who started Windows programming early a clear advantage over newcomers jumping on the bandwagon :-). >10. Windows allows you to use that mouse you purchased 3 years ago in >a fit of Macintosh envy. There are few plain DOS programs which do not support a mouse, so just for using the mouse, a switch from plain DOS to Windows isn't necessary. And you don't have to use a mouse - or another pointing device - under Windows, if you are afraid of mice. Wolfgang Strobl #include