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From: griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin)
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taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:

>   To see just how much of a jump Apple has over Commodore in this area,
>you just have to pick up a netorking-related journal.  I've been getting
>Network World for several years, and every issue has something in it
>about Apple or the Macintosh.  

And if you ever *read* it you would notice that they aren't all that enthused. 
Recent quotes:

[concerning system 7.0] "...users and analysts are panning the product...
does not give Macintosh users the sophisticated networking capabilities
they had expected"

"There are very few networking features of any interest"

"...users must be running System 7.0 in a peer-to-peer configuration to
obtain the multiuser advantages"

"Apple did not pay enough attention to networking"

"Apple's primary achievement after three years has been a PostScript clone"

"...does not include the more advanced multitasking....It's still basically
the Macintosh operating system."

"System 7 is not a big networking deal."


-- 
Dan Griffin
griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu