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Article #31538Re: Microsoft cuts corners, actuall
From: gillies
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1988 16:17
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1988 16:17
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It is really too bad that Apple doesn't support printer drivers that
well, since the Mac O/S architecture supports device-independent
printing. I would think this is one way Apple could make their
otherwise "closed" architecture more open, and *widen the technology
gap* between Macintosh software and PC software
Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801
ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,ihnp4,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies
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