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Article #114Re: Laughing at MAC loyalists after they laughed at us Amiga Loyalists...
From: Charles Doyal
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 00:00
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33820F2.6FC5@lightspeed.net> <3338A81B.6258@wired2.net> <5hc5vh$ok4$1@byatt.alaska.net> <333B2914.5FC3@wired2.net> <karl-2903971710550001@papm000.olympus.net> <brb49-3003970825450001@ppp-2.ts-1.bal.idt.net> <MPG.daadfad7d455579989cd8@news.earthlink.net> <3342420B.6F9E@kyneton.net.au> <MPG.dac1623359dc3de989ce7@news.earthlink.net> <brb49-0204971450410001@ppp-20.ts-1.bal.idt.net> <MPG.daceb0de8b25d2989cee@news.earthlink.net> <199704040705361215334@dialup016.continet.com> Organization: TECH-Niques Message-ID: <01bc4238$1a2d27e0$690636cf@cdoyal.tscnet.com> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1160 -- To reply: replace the 'x' with a 't'. Steve Ebener <greyland@continet.com> wrote in article <199704040705361215334@dialup016.continet.com>... > Grey <faeros@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > We're talking about the Electronic Version of the Edsel > > Not exactly. The Edsel was a lemon from day one, and was plagued with > more problems than any other automobile in history. Not true. British Jaguar and MGB are probably the most horribly designed cars in history. But good advertising and an understanding of their market (like PC-Microsoft) incorporated the problems as part of the joy of having an automobile (PC) that could be driven on weekends and repaired (of course the British prefer the understated term 'tuned up') Monday thru Friday. > > The PowerPC CPU isn't plagued with anything other than a poor > marketing scheme. If it were advertised as heavily as the Edsel was, the > Mac OS would have a significantly larger market share that it does now. > -- > Steve Ebener > Greyland - greyland@continet.com > 541/744-0568 - Fax: 541/744-0250 > Macintosh Consulting & Troubleshooting >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f569d,f43e6d8b02599abb X-Google-Attributes: gidf569d,public X-Google-Thread: 10c648,f43e6d8b02599abb X-Google-Attributes: gid10c648,public X-Google-Thread: 11261f,3bd06bb05fa73efd X-Google-Attributes: gid11261f,public X-Google-Thread: fb1cd,f43e6d8b02599abb X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cd,public X-Google-Thread: 1112ef,6f482ead9a6e2f49 X-Google-Attributes: gid1112ef,public X-Google-Thread: f4928,6f482ead9a6e2f49 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4928,public X-Google-Thread: 1002bf,e3daad3bcdbd8db X-Google-Attributes: gid1002bf,public X-Google-Thread: ffe40,6f482ead9a6e2f49 X-Google-Attributes: gidffe40,public From: "Charles Doyal" <cdoyal@tscnex.com> Subject: Re: Laughing at MAC loyalists after they laughed at us Amiga Loyalists... Date: 1997/04/06 Message-ID: <E874tI.LG9@eskimo.com> X-Deja-AN: 231026406 Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ppp-ip105-b40.tscnet.com References: <54pc48$vm@news2.tds.net> <32714EAA.7140@Calvin.spiff.net> <3271C623.32BE@nucleus.com> <3275324F.67C7@fiu.edu> <3275E182.547F@mail.student.utwente.nl> <32760E3E.4D22@azstarnet.com> <richardb-2611962019280001@max2-144.spiritone.com> <57h57v$han@news-central.tiac.net> <32A0C539.109B@keytech.com> <32a40834.216451042@news.sn.no> <58d6cc$9pu@lassen.cnw.com> <32aa4bc5.6204997@news.ecis.com> <32B1A2EC.216A@erols.com> <russ-2612960733320001@userlab.tor.hookup.net> <32c49232.13207207@news.netaxs.com> <3 Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.multimedia,comp.graphics.apps.photoshop,comp.graphics.apps.pagemaker,ba.market.computer,ba.market.computers,alt.graphics,alt.design.graphics,alt.design.product