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Re: MacOS not "port" -able....wasRe: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: Jim Williams
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 13:37
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ckt@best.com (Chris Thomas) wrote:
>> I don't know what you mean by "child," but my son decided both Macs and
>> Windows were worthless when he was 11, and moved back to DOS so he could
>> run a BBS.
>
>Assume this was a few years back, he made a wise decision.  No good BBS
>host software available for Macs until very recently.
>Besides, DOS *is* a child-oriented OS.  Unix is for adults.
>Macintosh is for people who need to get things done.
>

The Mac is in my 10 year old daughter's room...

My 15 year old son wants me to convert my Windoze machine at home to Linux.  I would
too, if it wasn't for my wife. :)

I don't find that the Mac has a particularly productive OS...

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Subject: Re: MacOS not "port" -able....wasRe: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
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