Re: Apple and the Holy War

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <nobody-1367A6.09010703052000@news.wavetech.net>,
Greg Buchner  <nobody@wavetech.net> wrote:
 
> In article <8eokah$4uk$1@merope.saaf.se>, pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul 
> Schlyter) wrote:
> 
>> "No, there's no language I'd like to learn except English.  Yes,
>> there's British English and Canadian English and Australian English,
>> but apart from those I feel no need to learn any other language: all
>> the talking I do, I do in English anyway".
> 
> Well, actually, I tried to learn German once upon a time.  Personally
> it was too difficult for me to do with no teacher around...I was doing
> it via correspondence.  At the schools I went to through graduation,
> before college, there wasn't any opportunity to learn another language
> other than through correspondence.
 
You mean a lot of people go through the US educational system, all
the way through college, without learning one single foreign language?
 
....................................
 
> The bottom line is, I've used other systems and I keep on staying
> with my Macs and Apple IIs.
 
OK, to each his own.  Personally I find the lack of a command line on
the Mac too limiting.  And my good ol' Apple II simply has too little
power for what I'd want to do, so I consider it a toy which I use
occasionally only for nostalgic reasons.
 
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