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From: hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: TEXT File madness
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Date: 7 Jan 90 01:47:30 GMT
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I have received 15 mails so far, averaging 80% hate mail and 20%
informative mail. The hate mail all had the word "stupid" in it.

I use an Apollo at work, runing IC design CAD programs. On the keyboard,
there is a function key labeled "READ", and if you hit it, it prompts
you for the file name to read. Or, you can program one of your mouse
buttons to invoke "READ" on the file name your mouse pointer is over.

If the file does not appear to be ASCII, the AEGIS Window Manager tells
you so, politely.

I use a Mac for documentation purposes only, and only have limited time
to go through MS Word's or MacWrite's manual. I have accumulated at
least 10 hours reading through MS Word's manual, and do not remember
coming across its creator code being listed in the doc.

So now you tell me I should buy a Mac to do heavy duty CAD work?

No. Sorry, NO.

And, to further perpetuate my "ignorant" and "stupid" mentality, I
forecast that the Macintosh family will not be the dominant engineering
workstation platform in the next five years.