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From: peter@Sugar.NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: YOU PEOPLE HAD BETTER GET WIT THE PROGRAM!! (Was: Re: Commodore Business Machines)
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.013002.3315@Sugar.NeoSoft.com>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX
References: <7471@vela.acs.oakland.edu$ <4190@ux.acs.umn.edu> <113@ryptyde.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 01:30:02 GMT

In article <113@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes:
> Amiga users hate Macintosh's even more than IBMs! Interesting. Is it 
> generally accepted, at least, that Macintosh machines are generally
> "superior" to their IBM counterparts? Is it just that Apple succeeded in
> establishing a second standard where Commodore's weak marketing couldn't?

There are two reasons:

	1. The Original Mac O/S, for all its problems, was technically
	   superior to IBM's. But the "computer appliance" idea and the
	   attempt to push the Lisa at the Mac's expense locked the Mac
	   into their original design too long. Too many applications
	   depended on the design flaws, so they couldn't be fixed.

	2. IBM hasn't been as blatant about using litigation in lieu
	   of innovation.

Both these facts add up to a perception of a criminal waste of potential,
and panicky attempts to cover up for their mistakes. Nobody expects IBM
to have a clue...
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'   <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
                   'U`    "Have you hugged your wolf today?"