[Am-info] New Apple store near Beantown

[Mitch Stone]

--- From a message sent by Erick Andrews on 12/15/01 10:20 AM ---

>The way I see it is most Mac users will have to pay more to 
>stay on MS's "upgrade treadmill", sped up every year or so 
>with MS Office, Outlook, and other MS apps, changed with 
>new fluff and changed so the previous versions will become 
>incompatible with the latest.  Yep, paying again and again to
>help maintain MS's monopoly.

So, what you're saying is, Mac users would be better off if Microsoft did 
not offer Office and its other products for the Mac platform?

>And with Internet Explorer, should one *not* choose a 
>different browser, Mac users will get sucked more and more
>into the MS proprietary websites.  Dunno, maybe many 
>already are.  Once addicted, the leap to Passport, .NET and
>subscription services will an easier step.  Hold on to your
>wallet!

Please explain this argument. I really don't understand it.

 Mitch Stone  
 mitch@accidentalexpert.com