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In article <BwuIGA.E2@atherton.com> dlw@atherton.com (Remo Williams) writes:
|> Now you know how Cube owners with opticals feel.
This is one station owner that still thinks the OD was a bad idea and that
dropping it was a good idea.

But the issue here isn't about speed, or amount of storage, the ADB keyboard
is, for myself at least, a matter of survival. The ADB keyboard is a very nice
step forward in not wracking up my fingers/hands/arms. And with ADB I am
able to attach very comfortable pointing devices that don't hurt me when I
use them. I've had numerous injuries from using keyboards/mice. I didn't
think much of them at the time, I just limped along until my young body healed
itself. But now I realize how important the design of the keyboard is in
preventing these injuries. And how as I grow older these injuries will
become increasingly more serious.

I applaud NeXT for creating the ADB keyboard. Where I get irritated is over
access to this wonderous device for my older mono slab, and for others to
gain access to this device for their own color turbos. I've gotten plenty
of e-mail from people who have been totally fluffed off by NeXT, even
though they have color turbo's. And e-mail like that upsets me greatly,
like I've written, mail like that has kept me up at night.

As for the OD, wether cube owners got to keep using it or not had little
impact on their physical well being. The ADB issue strikes at a physical
well being issue that I think is far more important than _any_ issues that
were ever raised over the OD.

And if you'd stop and think for a second you would realize that this ADB
issue is a much better one to use to beat up on NeXT. You claim NeXT doesn't
care about their customers because of the OD issue, well with this ADB
issue the claim can be made that NeXT doesn't care about the health and
welfare of their users. That perhaps they don't care that some of them may
suffer injury from using their computers. That's a far more _damning_ item
than their decision to drop the OD lead weight from around everyone's necks.

Wake up and feel the pain in your fingers/hands/arms/shoulders, _everyone_
stands to gain from fighting this issue, not just a few OD owners.

Scotty