Re: Let's do something about Microsoft

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From: Aaron Brand
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 13:01

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Tim Barham (tbarham@vcrpmap.telecom.com.au) wrote:
: In article <3vdpev$c3i@sundog.tiac.net>,
:    Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net> wrote:

: > MSWindows has a barely acceptable user interface as long as all you want to
: > do is exactly what everyone else has already done ten thousand times before.
: > As soon as you want to do something even the slightest bit different you are
: > screwed.

: An example, please? This is a totally worthless comment without an example of 
: what you mean.


Your request for an example is "totally worthless" without an example as
to HOW a statement is "totally worthless" without an example.


: Tim.

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: Tim Barham
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From: k923510@kingston.ac.uk (Aaron Brand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Let's do something about Microsoft
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Date: 11 Aug 1995 13:01:31 GMT
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