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From: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Open Letter to an MS-DOS User
Message-ID: <1991Mar29.185709.5043@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 29 Mar 91 18:57:09 GMT
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ogawa@orion.arc.nasa.gov (Arthur Ogawa) writes:

>Hey, I've used both. And I've seen some very competent people on DOS
>machines really do rm *.*. I also saw somebody do rm -r * on a Unix
>machine (really!).  These things happen. It's just that only arrogant
>guys like me and you ;-) take others to task for making such errors.

Hey, *I* didn't bring this error up, did I? I was merely stating that
the possibility of making a mistake is a poor foundation to build
upon when judging OS systems.

The judgement of which, by the way, has gotten out of hand.

Publicly I say: I USE THE *WORST* OS SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS THAT
THERE COULD EVER POSSIBLY BE.

There. Now we can all stop. Including me. 8)

>Look, I hate to imply that you're clueless, Dave, but anybody who

Then don't...OK?

>follows prices of Mac, DOS, Unix systems nowadays knows that Mac third
>party stuff is at a par with DOS, sometimes significantly better
>prices. 

Like I said...please tell me where this information about pricing 
can be had. I have MacFreinds that would LOVE to know this!!!

Right now, the best buy for the money is a 486. I imagine in about
a year that will change to SPARC clones. This is *my* experience 
only...your mileage may vary.



-- 
Dave Hayes -  dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov - ames!elroy!dxh

If your own vice happens to be the search for virtue,
                                  recognize that it is so.