Re: uninstallation

["P.A. Petricone" <petrico@ixc.net>]

>From what I have seen, BeOS is taking the simplicity of operation theme
from Mac worlds and building it on both the Power PC and Intel
platforms.

I must applaud the participants of this thread in having maintained such
a civil tone, given the usual heat of fusion surrounding these
topics..:)

As a side obs, check out the site at: http://web.mit.edu/ and select
first option,"spotlight".
After reading it, I refrain from directly quoting the URL in question.
This could have serious implications on the cost of education, whether
it be self or institutionally directed.
A sad commentary on where things may be going.

-pap


-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Pall <x97pall@wmich.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <am-info@essential.org>
Date: Sunday, January 25, 1998 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: uninstallation


|ON THE LIST:
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|I see what you are getting at, Apple hasn't been "the best" for the
purposes of
|encouraging competition in the computer industry. I mean, it would be
really hard to
|say, there will be no more IBM clones in the computer industry anymore.
But with Apple,
|they have that power. It's a good point... Apple doesn't do much to
encourage
|competition in that regard.
|
|> But I'm not interested in that.  I'm interested in the socio-legal
aspects of
|> the software industry and how it's conducted, regardless of what
platform
|> you choose.  To me, "Buy a Mac" is really a copout on the main
issue -
|> making sure there is a competitive software industry.
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