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- From: marcus@sun.pcl.ac.uk (Marcus Harvey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.110323.1622@sun.pcl.ac.uk>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 11:03:23 GMT
- References: <ewright.714687708@convex.convex.com> <9223 <ewright.714941609@convex.convex.com>
- Organization: Polytechnic of Central London
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- In article <ewright.714941609@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <92240.120751ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
- >
- >>See above. A device or program w/o documentation is no device or program.
- >>It`s simply nonexistent for any practical purpose. If I depend on it
- >>which is surely true in case of an OS I need doumentation i.e. pay cash.
- >
- >Um, why should you *need* documentation to use the operating system.
- >Do you need documentation to drive your car? Use your imagination
-
- Most of us need a number if instructive lessons with an expert and
- a close study of the Highway Code booklet before being subjected to
- a gruelling proficiency test. Perhaps Americans don't have to learn how
- to drive (or shoot guns) ;-)
-
- >for a moment. Imagine a distant, far-off land where computers are
- >more like cars than PCs. A land where you can turn on a computer
- >and begin using it without ever opening a book. A land called...
- >Macintosh.
- >
- You really ought to think up a better analogy...
-
- Marcus Harvey, Polytechnic of Central London IRS
- marcus@uk.ac.pcl.sun - JANET marcus%sun.pcl.ac.uk@ukacrl - BITNET/EARN
-
- ...Bubble Up!
-