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Re: Come visit my Apple IIGS webpage



In article <3A92DB7E.FE6B4B37@inetnebr.com>,
Roy and/or Janet Miller  <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:
 
> Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
>> In article <3A929C0E.B6B3EA08@inetnebr.com>,
>> Roy and/or Janet Miller  <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Personally, I try hard not to use M$ products,
>>
>> Did you find some good replacement for Applesoft Basic?  Integer
>> Basic won't run under ProDOS...  :-))))
> 
> While that is true, what I meant by "products" (and should have
> been more careful) was "applications", as opposed to operating
> systems or languages.  And yes, I do recall that in europe the
> distinction isn't made as it is here in North America.
 
Well, we certainly distinguish between application software and
system software, however we don't consider system software a
non-product.  To me a "product" is anything which has a market.
 
> However, the programming languages we have for the Wintel
> platform are Borland products. I know that M$ does make some
> good products, but I like supporting alternatives as much as
> my wallet allows. And, it has helped keep my PC safer....
 
Now you're talking as if you consider implementations of programming
languages to be a "product" after all....
 
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