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Chris Thomas (ckt@best.com) spewed forth the following profound insight:

==> > Lawson English spewed forth the following profound insight:
==> > 
==> >> Dave Glue (daveacg@interlog.com) wrote:
==> >> : Agreed.  It is such poor quality, that it can only be attributed to
==> >> : Apple.
==> > 
==> >> Oho. Then you are saying that YOU, all by your lonesome, could implement 
==> >> such a thing in your spare time?
==> > 
==> >     ???
==> > 
	  [snippy snippy snip, snippy snippy snip]

==> >  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."

==> But how do you know?  People build things like kit Cobras- it *is*
==> possible for you to build a better car than a Pinto- and you'd be
==> qualified afterwards to criticize the Pinto.  As is, you have no
==> qualifying credentials.

    From what level, tho?  Sure people build Kit cars, but much of what 
    goes into a Kit Cobra or GP Spyder is pre-fab.  A factory can put 
    something together from the ground up.  I don't think anyone in his 
    garage can assemble a car to the degree that a suite of factories does
    when a Pinto is made.  

    Hell, I have written a multitasking OS in IBM 360 assembler, but it's 
    nothing special.  If I had bits of a good PM OS written for me, I could
    stitch them together into something just as good.  But it wouldn't be me
    who built it.

    So I take it back - you can make a better car than a Pinto, if you have
    most of the parts made for you.  Same with an OS (NOT ANOTHER OS-CAR 
    ANALOGY!!!!  AAAAAAIAAAARGGH!!!!).  Just the same, it is ridiculous to 
    suggest that a product is cool because one person couldn't do better.

								-Caj