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bschnell@bu.bu.edu (Bill Schneller) wrote:
>Jim Williams (williams@tiac.net) wrote:
>
>: And the same electrical engineer wouldn't have a clue about why software types have 
>: holy wars over the proper choice of OS.  :)
>
>
>Probably because the wars are so pointless.  You should read what the 
>marketting guy has to say.  I forget which tread, I think one of the Linux
>ones.  Any one who claims to be a program and supports Mac has got to be a
>fool.  You should hust try VC++ 2.1, MFC 3.0, NT 3.51 if you want comercial
>apps and Linux/Lucid EMACS if you want personal programs.  Just try it for
>a week.  Learn just what Pre=emptive and real memory protection buys you.
>You wonder why so many people laugh at Macs (Windows to for that matter).
>If you are a programer there are very good reasons to hold the MacOS and
>Windows 3.x in equal distain.
>
>Bill

The advocacy OS wars are a bit silly, but these aren't the real holy wars --
just a minor offshoot.  Minor battles in the backwaters.

I've read the marketeer's posts, and he makes some good points; however,
I've also been debating his posts because I don't feel this is essentially
a marketing issue.  The real thing to be accomplished is a change in what
is acceptable marketing -- this is a political issue (and perhaps a
religious one).

I haven't used NT, and never intend to.  I've used earlier releases of VC
and MFC, and do not intend to use them again.  For me Microsoft is "the
opposition," or at least the leader of the pack.

I still use Windoze 3.1 quite a bit, but instead of migrating laterally to
another Microsoft system I am migrating upwards to Linux and GNU. (By the
way, I also still use RSX-11; which is very much a real OS -- unfortunately
an old one.)

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