Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: May 13th yesterday (was May 13th Today) Message-ID: <49340@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 21 May 91 20:13:27 GMT References: > <17937@venera.isi.edu> <52920@apple.Apple.COM> <166@eclectic.COM> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 39 In article <166@eclectic.COM> kenh@eclectic.COM (Ken Hancock) writes: >Isn't it nice to have people from apple.com to pick on? I remember >back in 3rd grade when we used to single out other kids to pick on >and take out all our problems on. Doesn't it just feel wonderful >to act like third-graders again? Guess we should be starting >a call for alt.adults.going.on.eight.years.old newsgroup. Yeah, it is nice to have folks from Apple to pick on. I for one appreciate it very much. I'm glad they feel the way they do about their work and that is a big reason I own a Mac. It is a vain hope of mine that Apple appreciates the work their unofficial reps do here, but my guess is that it is barely acknowledged, if that. If people get hot about their machines when they don't work as expected, you can blame it on the marketing materials Apple produces. We pay premium prices for a machine and then don't even get some of the promised features. A computer is a dynamic tool, one that is expected to expand at need, to some extent anyway. (As an aside to all those who love to spew that stupid car metaphor: I dearly wish you'd stop.) Apple's interest should not stop when the cash register's drawer has closed. A drowning person may not appreciate the volunteer lifeguard's work at the] moment, but you can be sure they appreciate it the rest of the time. >P.S. Feel free to flame away, but don't waste net.bandwidth. Use mail. You MUST be joking. You fire off a flame of "whiners" publicly and then expect private responses. Well, I'll have to admit, the notion is worth a chuckle or two. >Ken Hancock | INTERNET: kenh@eclectic.com >Isle Systems | Compuserve: >INTERNET: kenh@eclectic.com >Macintosh Consulting | AOL: KHancock ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sounds like someone is hoping to end up in Cupertino.