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- From: dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf)
- Subject: Re: MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.114317.17900@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
- References: <1992Aug27.202922.13039@CS.ORST.EDU> <ewright.714955494@convex.convex.com> <1992Aug28.065401.29323@CS.ORST.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 11:43:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug28.065401.29323@CS.ORST.EDU> pricec@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (price carl wayne) writes:
- >Think about it, apple and IBM are jointly developing a new computer platform
- >that will be able to run the old software of both platforms, but not
- >be either. Motorola is developing the chipset, and from what I've heard will
- >be able to sell it to 3rd parties. IBM didn't want to get into the legal
- >battle with Apple that Microsoft and HP did, so they got the rights to
- >elements of the interface.
-
- >Apple has some good points, and was once
- >one of the best GUIs around, but they are loosing ground fast. Try OS/2
- >and WPS before you get in a tizzy, you might be suprised.
-
- I've got OS/2 and the Workplace Shell running on a machine that's not
- 3 feet from my (newly acquired) Mac. The WPS *is* nice (and very powerful),
- but it comes with quite a bit of complexity. I can only imagine
- someone like my mother trying to figure out what all the object
- settings are -- and you have to see this stuff in order to rename an
- object on the desktop.
-
- I think Apple's done an excellent job with keeping their GUI powerful yet
- manageable.
-
- Daryl
- >
- >
- >--
- >Carl W. Price * * Work keeps us from three evils: *
- >Computer Engineering Student * * boredom, vice, and need. *
- >Oregon State University * * *
- >pricec@prism.cs.orst.edu * * ---Voltaire *
-
-
- --
- Daryl Biberdorf N5GJM dlb5404@rigel.tamu.edu or dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu
- "You're not messy. You're organizationally impaired."
- _Real_Life_Adventures_, July 3, 1992
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