Accidental cross-posting

[phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

Re: What's wrong with the iMac? and what about Apple Care?

To help those of you who hate to see Mac users posting here I
thought I'd start a new thread. Maybe with fewer titles having
the name Mac in them those horrible uneducated computer
newbies will refrain from bothering you.

I remember a time when the users of Apple II systems enjoyed
sharing information. In fact it was part of what made using an
Apple II so enjoyable.

Many of us now use multiple platforms. Because of skills we
acquired from sharing and learning on our Apples we may
have easily adapted to those platforms. Perhaps we are the
lucky ones, we can fit in with the crowd or at least bluff our
way through it.

I expect many of us have forgotten what it feels like to be
technically illiterate. The feelings of frustration we felt
at not being able to use a machine which is supposed to
make us more productive. A machine which in many ways
is an extension of our very selves.

Of course there are those who went to school and worked
hard to aquire their knowledge. Many of whom think all
information or help should be bought and not given freely.
Fortunately, for me, I am not one.

Then there is the group who feel every message here should
be strictly Apple II related. True, this is an Apple2 news
group, but it also affects those who would like to use the
emulators of our great machine. For which virtually every
platform around has in one form or another. A case in
point: I was recently helping a NT user to set-up his system
to run ApplePC. One of the readers of this group got so
offended by this, he sent me several e-mails and even
tried to turn my ISP against me. Had this person bothered
to follow the thread he would have known this. In fact
there were messages in the thread designed to remind
other readers of this fact. If the thread offended him
so much, it is quite easy to ignore it. If it had been this
user who needed help, I would have done the same for
him.

I miss the days when Apple2 users were friendly and helpful.
There has been so much bitterness in the wars in this news
group, many have become defensive or abusive to all but a
chosen few they deign to call friends. One of the benefits of
using newsgroups is the ability to meet new people, to make
new friends. If we treat the newcomers with courtesy and
whatever help we can, not only do we gain a friend, perhaps
that person will hang around and see what makes Apple II
users so great. And maybe we can convert another lost
soul to our cause and increase the Apple2 user base in the
process.

For what it's worth, this is my two bits worth on the subject,
sarcasm and all.

Phoenyx