Re: PLEASE STOP THE MAC AND MICROSOFT MESSAGES

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@ibm.net>]

Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote in article
<6jj7sq$a84$1@opal.southwind.net>...
> Nathan Mates (nathan@visi.com) wrote:
> 
> :    The iMac and other stuff are *MACINTOSH* things, even if your brain
> : can't tell the difference. Sure, there's no comp.sys.mac.fischer-price
> : for the iMac yet, but it's far more on topic than posts here.
> 
> They're *APPLE* things. Discussing them is as appropriate here as that
> endless "Wozniak vs Jobs" thread you started was.

By the same reasoning, this forum would be an appropriate place to discuss
cross-pollinating various species of apples, I suppose. Or perhaps a good
place to discuss the merits of apple-shaped women. Or a good place to share
apple recipes.

Sheesh. How many Mac newsgroups are there? Ten? More? And yet I have to
wade through endless Mac garbage in this newsgroup as well.

For myself, I would like to see all of the Mac posts, pirating rants, and
Microsoft-bashing posts go away. I just can't take this group seriously
when it has such a poor focus. Yes, the iMac is fascinating but it doesn't
belong HERE. The pirating issue is important but doesn't belong HERE except
in the case of currently-sold titles. The DOJ bashing of Microsoft is going
to devastate the PC industry, which may be cheery news for Mac lovers but
DOESN'T BELONG HERE.

TomZ