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From: rfarris@serene.UUCP (Rick Farris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: PC's are democratic; Mac's are fascistic
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Date: 18 Dec 89 02:26:30 GMT
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In article <14960@boulder.Colorado.EDU> kuo@boulder.Colorado.EDU (KUO ANDY Y) writes:

> Why hasn't anyone sue the big blue for
> - giving user the *ugly*, *unfriendly* text based interface from hell?
> - shamelessly cheat the users for a actually not so good computer?
> - rudely made many users' life miserable and waster users' time?

Ha ha ha.  If you want to talk about shameless, price a Mac II these
days. 

>   It is a fact that the standard interface of windows, pull down menus,
> make things look good and friendly.
              ^^^^

They may make it *look* friendly, but to an experienced user, a @#$%@
pull down menu'ed interface is anything but friendly.  Why should I
be saddled with something I don't want?


>   It is a fact that NuBus, SCSI, AppleTalk, 68xxx chip is superior
> than EISA/MCA, ESDI, nothing standard or build in, 80xxx(not include
> 80486).

Ho ho ho, you're making my sides hurt...  NuBus?  Superior to
anything?  Ha ha ha.  And you're holding up AppleTalk as an example
of something good?  Clearly you've never used any of this stuff.


>   But the company that took the *risk* to provide the user *more*

Now the tears are really running out of my eyes.  Apple hasn't
provided *more* of anything.  In fact, all Apple has done is force
users to use its gui interface.  That's pretty fascistic.  

The PC world is very democratic.  It allows the *user* to decide
whether he wants a gui or a text based system.  It allows the user to
determine what sort of LAN he'd like.  It allows the user to decide
what sort of display quality he'd like.  Apple does none of the
above. 

In fact, I'll go on record as stating that there is *far more*
graphics based software avaiable for the PC than there is for Apple.
There is far more *everything* available for the PC than for Apple.

PC's (of an equivalent vintage) have always had better graphics and
much quicker operation than Apples.

Apples "graphic superiority" is a myth.

I hope Xerox sues them into the ground.  What I expect is that Xerox
will prove prior art, recover court costs, and then release their
work into the public domain.  It's my opinion that they're simply
trying to stop Apple from using Xerox's work to pursue its own
fascistic agenda.


Rick Farris   RF Engineering  POB M  Del Mar, CA  92014   voice (619) 259-6793
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