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From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john  cavallino)
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Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.200827.13714@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 27 Mar 91 20:08:27 GMT
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In article <16994@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes:
>In article <1991Mar26.181438.17611@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov writes:
>
>>Too much catering to this "unwilling" user, and you make all the "willing"
>>users (especially us computer professionals) resistant to the idea of
>>catering to the user. A happy medium is what is needed.
>>
>>THIS IS WHY Mac's are such a "religious" issue. Those who hate them hate
>>them and their philosophy because no respect is given the user who is
>>willing to learn the machine.
>
>OK, I'm forced to respond.
[ extremely well-written response deleted.  GO READ THE ARTICLE!  NOW! ]


David, your arguments should be required reading for all computer jocks who
lose patience with those annoying users. :-)   I've never seen a clearer and
more persuasive statement of the Macintosh philosophy.  Made my day.

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