Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:10494 comp.windows.ms:11119 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!ultb!cms2839 From: cms2839@isc.rit.edu (a.stranger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS Message-ID: <1991Mar28.072456.9667@isc.rit.edu> Date: 28 Mar 91 07:24:56 GMT References: <1991Mar26.181438.17611@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> <16994@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> <1991Mar27.210837.5382@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: RIoT Lines: 33 stop it . this idiotic thread is making the general level of discussion in alt.sex ( no flames ) look positively philosophical . it all adds up to dozens upon scores upon ... of irrelevant analogies , atypical examples , and just plain shitty logic from the collection of idiots who profess that one computer and one operating system is perfect for the world in general . and we haven't ever heard from the Amiga and CoCo/OS-9 followers yet . believe it or not , there ARE people who use these groups to answer their questions about and enhance their productivity on the corresponding systems . might i suggest USING them instead of debating which is better ? i use and program Macs , Dos/Windows , and straight DOS . i've found that the experience gives me flexability and skills that cannot be matched by someone who refuses to step beyond the safe walls of their pet system . no argument for either system is going to convince me that i won't have a need to use the other in the future , and dogmatic bullshit will do me no more good in that situation than it does these newsgroups . find a system that you like and do what you can with it . but realize that the fact that it fits you does not mean that it axiomatically applies to the rest of the earth . how about getting back to the subject ? -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ "Imagination keeps the shadows away - Xymox @ @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ @ a.stranger - CMS2839@ritvax.isc.rit.edu @