Re: Big Mac Attack

[rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com (Richard Der)]

"The White Family" <talosiv@silverlink.net> wrote:
>Apple users who whine about Windows 95 and Bill Gates
 
Jobs might have got the GUI from Xerox (according to "The Triumpth
of the Nerds" Xerox executives didn't believe the GUI was the wave
of the future, thought it was a flop, and invited Jobs to take a
look over the protestations of their programmers! The truth is more
like Xerox gave it away than Jobs stealing it.)
 
Compare that to Windows 95. The interface is virtually identical to
that of OS/2. OS/2's interface was always better than Windows' (and
closer to the Apple GUI).
 
They didn't steal from Apple, they stole from IBM.
 
>Its the same old song and dance isn't it?  This is old news friends,
>it's time to focus on new horizens.  Your babble cock is as stale as
>yesterdays diaper. Get a brand new computer and join the crowd.  IBM
>compat is where it's at.
 
You Windows people wear blinders. At least we Apple users are open
minded enough to see the merits in all kinds of different operating
systems. You have an IBM compat, you like the functionality of
Windows 95, but you could have had the same interface four years
earlier in OS/2! Internally, OS/2 is still more powerful than
Win 95.
 
GUI                     fame
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Apple (GS/Mac)          ease of use; GS version w/real "plug & play"
OS/2                    multitask/power, Apple-like interface, has FSTs
Win 3.1                 poor attempt to compete with Apple's ease
                        of use - Microsoft drops "windows" in favor
                        of folders and desktop in Win 95.
Win 95                  a rip off of OS/2, less stable, less power,
                        yucky-DOS file system wastes disk space


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