Re: A Tale of Two Apples

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Mitchell Spector wrote:
>     Finally, I do not believe in or worship Microsoft. I am not even
> a fan of their software products, though if they've written something
> I find _useful_, I will run it. I really am not concerned with WHO or
> WHAT wrote the software that runs on my computers, I judge it on how
> well it works and if it does the job I need. This doesn't just apply
> to my PC, but my Apple IIgs as well. Blindly boycotting software is
> foolish, your only short changing yourself. Your boycott of Microsoft
> is a wasted effort, if you really want to boycott productively, go
> boycott companies that clear cut the rain forests, or do product
> testing on animals or countries (like France) that test detonation
> of nuclear weapons. Those are more serious issues than software
> monopolies, and are real problems, not fantasy ones.

Blindly boycotting is stupid.  Intelligently boycotting is
not.  That's why I prefer WordPerfect and Netscape to Word and
Explorer.  I dislike Microsoft's monopolistic tendencies and
besides, WordPerfect and Netscape are the superior products.

However, there's nothing really comparable to Win95 on the
PC (yet).  If Apple gives gives up its ROM protection and
let's Rhapsody Intel run "Mac" software, I may just switch
over.

But I agree.  To think that just because someone uses Win95
and thinks it is pretty good worships Microsoft is nonsense.

-Scott G.