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In article <40lm46$ngb@mp.cs.niu.edu>, z911588@cs.niu.edu (Xcott Craver) wrote:

>         Whenever I get in a ratty mood and bitch about a stupid feature in 
>     an OS/program/whatever (No, I'm not talking about Multi-finder's PM 
>     when I say 'stupid feature' -- I never played with it, so I wouldn't know)
>     the first response I get from an advocate is, "Oho, like you could do 
>     better?  Fine, then SHADDUP."
> 
>     Okay:  I, one person, in my spare time cannot outdo an entire team of 
>     programmers at Apple or Microsoft.  Should I be expected to?  Does 
>     that mean I can't be critical of their products because I couldn't do 
>     better?
> 
>     Is the fact that a large number of paid professionals can crank out 
>     something of higher quality than can a hobbyist in his basement mean 
>     that their product not crap?
> 
>     I'm certain that whoever you are reading this post, whatever your level
>     of skill, there exists at least one product that in your opinion SUCKS,
>     but that you couldn't outdo in your spare time by yourself.  
> 
>     My typical response:  "No, and I can't build a better car than a Ford
>     Pinto either.  's still a piece of shit."

Fine. You're entitled to your opinions. But not on a piece of software you
admit you've never even used. If you've never used MultiFinder, how do you
make the statment that
==> : Agreed.  It is such poor quality, that it can only be attributed to
==> : Apple.

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