Re: Boycott Microsoft

[Travis Morien <phantom@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>]

In alt.destroy.microsoft Jeremy Crabtree <crc3419@delphi.com> wrote:

: I'll say, but look what you could have gotten for $800 less (though, it'll be a
: bit less of a savings when you factor in the cost of a monitor, soundcard
: ($40-ish), and Modem ($60-ish I think))

[snip]
I'm talking Australian money here.  I shopped around and the comp you
described is not that cheap in THIS country.

: You (as a programmer) don't magically gain the right to write bloated, slow,
: inefficient code just because hardware is getting cheaper; to suggest you do is a
: cop-out.
I know that.  I am a long time unix fan, but Win95 is great because it is
so widely supported, and the othr OS's aren't...though they deserve to be
I am sure.

travis