Article View: net.micro.68k
Article #1027Re: BYTE issue of September 86 focuses on the 68000
From: wert
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1986 18:40
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1986 18:40
18 lines
1586 bytes
1586 bytes
Also, somewhere in this issue is a box detailing all the things that one must do to resize a window (on a Macintosh and on an Amiga). This is presented as a comparison, supposedly demonstrating that the Amiga is better than the Macintosh because you have to do less to resize a window. The operation was expressed as one step for the Amiga, seven (more or less, I don't have it in front of me) for the Macintosh. This is misleading, because in any application that I have ever written, that code appeared once and only once. Ignored is the possibility that the Macintosh method allows greater flexibility, etc. A casual, uninformed reader would conclude that the Amiga was better, and that was the intent of the demonstration. This is yellow journalism to the max, and certainly worthy of The National Inquirer. All in the guise of objectivity. I quit buying BYTE years ago... scott
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<213@dione.rice.EDU>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!amdimage!prls!philabs!linus!raybed2!applicon!hdsvx1!soma!rice!titan!wertReferences:
<3868@ut-ngp.UUCP> <3374@ism780c.UUCP>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!amdimage!prls!philabs!linus!raybed2!applicon!hdsvx1!soma!rice!titan!wert From: wert@titan.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.68k,net.micro.mac,net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: BYTE issue of September 86 focuses on the 68000 Message-ID: <213@dione.rice.EDU> Date: Thu, 4-Sep-86 14:40:29 EDT Article-I.D.: dione.213 Posted: Thu Sep 4 14:40:29 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Sep-86 20:59:10 EDT References: <3868@ut-ngp.UUCP> <3374@ism780c.UUCP> Sender: root@rice.EDU Reply-To: wert@titan.UUCP (Scott Comer) Organization: Rice University, Houston Lines: 18