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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0m4s@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Date: 27 Dec 92 19:41:33 PST
- References: <jbickers.0m0g@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec26.205840.14615@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Organization: TAP
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- Quoted from <1992Dec26.205840.14615@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> by jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel):
- > John Bickers (jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
-
- > : So you can scroll one screen down to reveal part of the one below
- > : it? And applications can use the OS to create split screens? Is
- > : that what you're talking about, or are you just setting yourself
- > : up for yet another "oh, I misread"?
-
- > John, do you have to be such an asshole all the time? Why are you taking
- > statements out of context? I admitted my mistake, and got flamed for it.
- > Here's John, the man who never makes mistakes.
-
- Are you going to call me names or are you going to answer the
- first part of that paragraph you've quoted?
-
- > : What we have is a concept that fits the hardware like a glove,
- > : which provides a variety of benefits. One of which happens to be
- > : this "extending real-estate" thing. The concept does not live or
- > : die based on the real-estate benefit, so even now when huge
- > : Workbench screens can be created, we still have screens.
-
- > Nevertheless, we were talking about extending real-estate. The subject
- > of Windows multiscreen implementations came up. Did I ever say anything
-
- Dan specifically listed a handful of things he thought screens
- were good for, revolving around screen real estate. This is a
- related article. It is reasonable to try and emphasise that real-
- estate is not the only reason to have screens.
-
- > about them being *better* than Amiga screens? Why did you have to blow
- > up in my face?
-
- Blow up? It isn't me calling people assholes.
-
- > | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
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