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From: dth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (David Hightower)
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Subject: Re: Apple Computer wins ruling against 'Windows'
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Date: 19 Mar 91 18:16:06 GMT
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In article <1991Mar19.154536.31566@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes:

>I suppse you're unhappy because you didn't pay enough for your
>macintosh, and you'd like to pay more.  Listen up everyone.  One of
>the reasons for the recent price drops throughout the macintosh line
>is Windows 3.0.  Microsoft has prompted Apple to lower its prices, and
>yet, some bozos are slamming Microsoft for it.  You should not bite
>the hand that feeds you.
>
>Don Gillies	     |  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>gillies@cs.uiuc.edu  |  Digital Computer Lab, 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana IL

Actually, Apple has had low-cost Macs in development for quite some time
now.....LONG before Win3 came out.  The problem with releasing them goes
to one of the basic tenets of the Macintosh--that of quality control.

Granted, Macs have had their problems, but not NEAR as much as on the PC
side.  This has been reflected in several previous posts.

Microsoft hasn't fed me anything; It seems that we have been feeding
Bill Gates too much rich food, and he has decided that he likes it, and
wants even more.


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>	- the song "WAR" by Edwin Starr, circa 1971

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