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From: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!
Message-ID: <992@biar.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 89 05:33:11 GMT
References: <6767@tank.uchicago.edu> <1989Dec17.112127.27333@me.toronto.edu> <14960@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <7777@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>
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Organization: Biar Games, Inc.
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I vowed I was going to get out of the flame war, but this one I just can't
resist.  Remind me to make a new year's resolution not to be snide, ok?

[BTW everyone, check the newsgroups line for comp.sys.amiga and spare them]

wg@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Bill Gieske) writes:

>If you need a computer to hold your hand...  If you're smart, all that shit
>gets in the way.

	Gee, and I thought that the whole idea of computers was
	to make life easier for their users.  Silly me!  I guess
	those of us who do not have your massive intellect shouldn't
	be allowed to use anything more complicated than a toaster.

>I've never had to buy a book; the manual was MORE than enough.

	Aren't you special.

>BULLSHIT!  There is no risk in stealing ideas, other than in being caught.
>And they bastardized the idea with things like single button mice, because 
>they deemed point-and-click eacy to market, especially when I didn't have to
>decide which button to click.  That gives you an idea of the intelligence
>level they aimed for.

	Yeah, they wanted to make it easy for average people
	who were scared of computers to use them.  Why, those
	dirty Commies from Cupertino!

>I have YET to meet an open-minded Apple owner.  Every one I've met seems 
>hell-bent on convincing me their piece of shit doesn't stink.  Great things
>need no defense - they stand on their own merits.

	If you pile up enough shit, and bake it long enough, it
	stands up too.

-- 
Robert J Woodhead, Biar Games, Inc.   !uunet!biar!trebor | trebor@biar.UUCP
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