Re: Apple? (subject change)

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From: Maynard Handley
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 17:04

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In article <1995Aug18.024504.14684@gallant.apple.com> Orc, orc@pell.com
writes:
>  From the point of view as a _user_ of these operating systems,
>Unix wins over MacOS when I want to leave the box.  Why?  Because
>I don't have to enter thirty-seven different passwords when I
>want to get at other machines, read email, look at Meeting Maker,
>etcetera, etcetera.   MacOS gives me a pretty interface, while
>Unix lets me do my work without interrupting me for passwords
>every time I turn around.
>

If you used programs written by people with a clue, they would use the 
PowerTalk keychain which is precisley a central place for passwords, 
allowin you to start your day with one password then never enter another 
one. 

Maybe your solution is to complain less about the MacOS and 
more to your software vendors?

Maynard Handley

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Date: 19 Aug 1995 17:04:40 GMT
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