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Re: Application Chauvinism by Major FTP site

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From: Joan L. Brewer
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 00:00
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I had to laugh at this post.  Recently I pulled all my Windows 
development tools off my computer. Boy did that give me a lot of extra 
disk space. This included the Windows SDK, DDK, WING, VB, IMAGE Kneif, 
and lost of samples and fixes off the MSNet. I'm back with UNIX. WHY! 
Because Mr. Bill had me cut off from developer support last year. I was 
totally destroyed by this. I was trying to develop a MultiMedia program. 
Gates had me black balled 4 years ago and people have been afraid to hire 
me locally or any where else. Now I'm back programming in Unix! I put my 
old DOS C compiler back on computer and it was so nice to have REAL C 
again and not the weird stuff I was trying to work with. My world is 
making since again. : ) 

Do you know how much faster a Dos Graphics program is?  Adobe has puncher
a whole in Windows to make there stuff work too!  Everyone has to program
around Windows and Microsoft craziness and have for years. Its very
expensive to do this. So this guy think Windows is superior? I think
working with it is very stressful. Right now I have these math errors in
the graphics that is leaving a blue haze on my scanned photos and nothing
will get rid of it. An there is no GAMMA setting for Windows! If you want
a real threal, try making Webs that look good on every Unix Machine and
Mac, look good in Windows! I'm not sure what this is about at all, but 
have a lot of people in the INTERNET looking at it now. 

YES - Bill Gates has killed more computer developers than any other I 
care to comment on. If he only had a college education in CS....

J~ -- The women who trie to sue Gates for discrimination and harassment. 
      He isn't retaliating or any thing?

rachel polanskis (grove@godzilla.zeta.org.au) wrote:
: Hello,

: I do not usually cross post, so please forgive me.
: The following email I received from a friend in the USA trying 
: to obtain a mirror site for my FAQ "TVPLUS" 

: <http://www.zeta.org.au/~grove/tvhome.html>, frightened me a lot.  I know 
: you must have progress - but you must also have a choice.

: I have removed certain details to provide anonymity to the parties 
: involved, but the information is TRUE.
: The major FTP site is a very popular one in the US for MSDOS and Windows
: software.

: Rachel Polanskis
: ************************************************************************
: "Well, things didn't go so well when my prof buddy talked to xxxxxx's 
: sysop.
:  In the sysop's words, "(we) are trying to get all DOS programs off 
: campus,
: since they are obsolete, will not continue to be supported in the future, 
: and
: are not as popular nor as robust as their Windows counterparts."  I don't
: know about you guys, but this is very discouraging to me.  I will use and
: program for Win3.1 and Win95, but I feel like I've been railroaded by 
: Bill
: Gates.  Tis a dark day for the intelligent computer user..."
: *************************************************************************

: Get your MSDOS software now, before it's too late!
: Remember CHOICE?  Bill G. is taking away your choices, this must STOP!!

: rp
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From: redrose@chinook.halcyon.com (Joan L. Brewer)
Subject: Re: Application Chauvinism by Major FTP site
Date: 1995/06/18
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