Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!jdarcy@pinocchio.encore.c From: jdarcy@pinocchio.encore.c@canremote.uucp (jdarcy@pinocchio.encore.c) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!! Message-ID: <89122504042878@masnet.uucp> Date: 21 Dec 89 05:04:00 GMT Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada Lines: 23 From: jdarcy@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff d'Arcy) trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead): > werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) writes: >>[...] jdarcy@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff d'Arcy) writes: >>Let's face it: a command line is easier to write programs for, takes up less >>memory (that's why IBM liked it) and once you know the secret (ah, >>there's the rub), is much more efficient than heiroglyphics, which is >>what icons really are. For those who don't want to wade through Usenet's own version of a bibliographer's worst nightmare, I'd like to point out that I only *quoted* the above tripe (for purposes of rebuttal, at that). If you want to flame someone you should probably start with Mr. Werner, although at this point I'm not sure if *he* is the originator of the above statements either. :-)/2 Jeff d'Arcy OS/Network Software Engineer jdarcy@encore.com If Encore endorsed my opinions, they couldn't afford to pay me --- * Via MaSNet/HST96/HST144/V32 - UN Mac * Via Usenet Newsgroup comp.sys.mac