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Article #40281Re: IBM vs. Mac - Long (was Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!)
From: John C. Archambeau
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1989 01:56
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1989 01:56
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jdarcy@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff d'Arcy) writes:
>by woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood):
>> Have you ever programmed on one of those pieces of shit? That GUI you're so
>> damned proud of is a nuisance.
>
>If you're not willing to work a little harder to make the users' lives a
>little easier (a net gain in the long run), you're a pretty fucking lousy
>engineer (please note that this is a conditional statement). I'm tired
>of the "technological" priesthood" who want technology for themselves and
>don't give a shit about bringing it to the rest of the world.
>
>Sorry for the profanity, but my patience is running *very* thin.
There are easier graphics environments to program around than the Mac. The
moral of the story is that the Mac is hell on the software developer, but
heaven on the novice user.
// JCA
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