Re: Apple? (subject change)

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From: Joe Sloan
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 00:33

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In article <40gu08$t1o@steel.interlog.com>,
Dave Glue <daveacg@interlog.com> wrote:
>jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan) wrote:
>
>
>>And speaking of copying, what do you think microsoft has been doing?
>>You essentially could have had win95 10 years ago if you had just 
>>bought a mac - so why are all the trade rags in such an ecstatic
>>orgy over win95?
>
>And are magazines really in an "ecstatic orgy"?  I really wonder when
>95 naysayers spout this.  Both Windows Sources and PC World have been
>quite honest and critical of 95.  You see a big "95" on the cover-
>what do you expect?  But it doesn't mean they're not objective.

Well, when every single PeeCee magazine has a big "95" on the cover,
visible from 50 feet away, and you constantly see articles entitled:

"Windows 95 - the upgrade of the century"

"How to prepare your computer for windows 95:"

"Get ready for Windows 95!"

yuck. 

Sounds like an ecstatic orgy to me...

--
 Joe Sloan     jjs@engr.ucr.edu   http://dostoevsky.ucr.edu
     Win95? No, none for me, thanks - I'm already running Linux...
 Microsoft is not the answer - Microsoft is the question; the answer is NO!

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From: jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan)
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Subject: Re: Apple? (subject change)
Date: 13 Aug 1995 00:33:27 GMT
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