Re: Fwd: Re: Solutions in Modernizing GS

[bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major)]

Sent:        11/1/97 5:26 AM
Received:    10/31/97 8:14 PM
From:        Lewin A.R.W. Edwards, sysadm@zws.com
To:         Scott G. & csa2


>I read his reply and noticed he did not answer most of the points
>in the post (see my reply to it).

I feel I answered all the issues in there quite adequately, though I 
didn't feel it necessary to quote or reply to every single *word* you 
wrote. Of course, part of the problem is that in the fine tradition of 
someone without much of a leg to stand on, every time the going gets 
tough the subject gets changed. The original subject was purely about
the 
IIgs - *you* started the divergence.

>Why is it that both you and he seem to think that the Mac is the
>best computer in the world and rag on everything else, PC, GS, or

Why is it that both you and a few other people seem to think that the GS
is the best computer in the world and rag on everything else, PC, Amiga
or Mac, unless you're trying to force a particularly indigestible point
down someone else's throat and need some so-called evidence to back it 
up? Sheesh, some GS users!

>Amiga?  His previous posts were all attacks on the PC and the GS
>and his current reply is an attack on the Amiga.

I believe in choosing the right tools for the right job, and I also 
believe in recognizing and highlighting the shortcomings of a tool. The
major shortcoming of the PC is that the CPU is crippled by ancient
design 
decisions, and the most popular operating system for it is the most 
unbelievable kludge known to mankind (if you read some of the Windows 
3.x/95 sourcecode, DDK source even, you would be appalled). The 
shortcoming of the Mac is that (a) it isn't available from enough third
parties to make it really cheap, and (b) the most popular operating 
system for it is also a kludge, it's over-maintained and due for a major
upheaval. The major shortcoming of the IIgs is that it is a leaf on the
family tree of personal computing and it doesn't have a commercial
future.



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