[Am-info] New Apple store near Beantown

[Erick Andrews]

On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:05:38 -0500, John J. Urbaniak wrote:

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>Erick Andrews wrote:
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>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:28:12 +0000, John Poltorak wrote:
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>> Macintosh does not run a "Windows" operating system, so I don't understand
>> your point, legally, in your last sentence above.  I'm sure you know that.
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>> Apple is not just a "hardware company".  Microsoft, as far as I've ever
>> understood, did not write the Macintosh operating systems for the Motorola
>> cpu's found in Apple's hardware.  Once upon a time, Apple was closer to
>> Unix and academia before Windows came along.
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>> To be sure, application software like M$ Office and "Lookout Express"
>> are being shoved down the throats of new Mac buyers, but correct me if
>> I've forgotten, there are other Mac choices for these apps, too.  Less and less
>> now of an ideal choice, but no worse than IBM's half hearted support of
>> my preferred OS:  Warp.
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>I wouldn't describe it as "half hearted."  I believe IBM top executives entered
>into a "market-splitting" deal with Microsoft, killing Warp on the desktop for
>personal and corporate gain.  It was an ignoble decision for the entire computing
>industry.
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>John
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That's the "heartless" part of IBM.  The "half-heart" are the few inside IBM
who actionably support it.

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Erick Andrews