Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Eric Larson
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 23:56

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> Microsoft has been bundling Winsock TCP/IP and mail with WfW for some 
> time, and gives away its Spartan 32-bit telnet and ftp apps (at 
> ftp.microsft.com).  Universities sponsor several very good freeware 
> telnet and ftp apps for Windows (e.g. WS_FTP32), WinQVT is cheap, and 
> Mosaic-in-a-box sells for about $16.  AOL and other online services 
> give away WWW browsers. 
> 
> Chilton indicates it is much more difficult to write TCP/IP apps for 
> Windows than for MacOS.  Maybe it is, but apparently a lot of folks 
> have been up to the challenge, given the large number of cheap/free 
> Windows and DOS TCP/IP apps out there since 1992.

I don't really see where the situation on the Mac is any different in
terms of free or low cost applications. Telnet, FTP, QVT, Mosaic, MacWeb,
etc. are all low cost or free on the Mac.

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 18:56:34 -0500
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