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From: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM vs. Mac - Long (was Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!)
Message-ID: <5148@skinner.nprdc.arpa>
Date: 19 Dec 89 23:38:19 GMT
References: <5842@eos.UUCP> <10684@encore.Encore.COM> <22526@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy)
Organization: Navy Personnel R&D Center, San Diego
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In article <22526@ut-emx.UUCP> osmigo@emx.UUCP (Ron Morgan) writes:
>I was amused when, in a local bookstore, I saw a HUGE book on "Using Micro-
>soft Windows." It must have been 3 inches thick. Imagine a 1200-page book
>on "using Macintosh windows." Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhh.....

Have you ever seen the 5-volume, 1000+ page reference library that you
need to write software that is integrated with the Mac interface? I believe
that the MS Windows book includes information you neet for writing software
that is integrated to the Windows interface. Try comparing equivalent
reference documents.


 Sean Malloy                                   | "The Crystal Wind is the
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 San Diego, CA 92152-6800                      | and the Data is Life."
 malloy@nprdc.navy.mil                         | -- _Emerald Eyes_, D.K. Moran