Re: I appologize for confusing Apple with Mac

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

Ralph Wade Phillips (ralphp@gcstation.net) wrote:
: > : > 
: > : > "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."  Five
: > : > years down the road, Apple will probably discontinue support
: > : > for the 68000 processor machines.  HAL 9000 says, "Are you
: > : > sure you're making the right decision?"
: > 
: > :         Read press releases.  MacOS 8 will NOT support 68K machines. 
: > : 7.5.4 (due out this month) will be the last to support a 68000 (aka
: > : "Macintosh Plus" in Apple-ese) based computer.
: > 
: > :         Five years?  Nope, more like next year.
: > 
: > So not only did Apple make a stupid decision before, it doesn't learn
: > from its mistakes!  What's that quote about survival of the fittest?

:         So?  Microsoft won't support 386's on Windows NT 4.x.  Won't
: support 486's from 4.5 and up.

:         Is THIS the example you want to make?  386's were actively new
: MUCH more recently than the //gs was.

Sure!  Microsoft, first off, didn't manufacture the 386.  Apple DID
manufacture the Apple IIgs.

Second, Microsoft still supports the 80x86, yes?  Apple no longer
supports the 65xxx, right?

: > 
: > :         Does that make your point?  Nope.  Sooner or later, ALL systems
: > : will be dropped.  It's a matter of when does it quit paying enough to be
: > 
: > At the time of the release of the Mac, the market was 5:1 in favor of Apple
: > 2's.  If Apple had actually actively supported and PROMOTED the Apple 2,
: > instead of the Mac, I think Apple, Inc. would be MUCH better off today.

:         Nope.  Altho, Microsoft would not have become the powerhouse it IS
: today, IMAO.

If Apple had promoted the machine which made them into such a big company,
they would be a much bigger market force.  This is the same as saying MS
would not have as much power.  Agreed?

Formal logic:  you asserted NOT A, then immediately asserted A.

: > Not to mention that Mac would've gone the way of the Apple ///.

:         Not likely.  But, then again, who knows?

Come on, now.  The Apple II was outselling Mac 5:1, and you think Mac
was so great.  What did it have?  A grayscale screen and MacPaint.
Ooooh, how wonderful.  The Apple II had thousands of titles behind it.

: Note:  Please trim this off.  This is to get the reply past the news
: server I'm using, since it insists on not letting me post if I don't type
: MORE than what I'm replying to.  SOOO .... Sometimes I havbe to type a
: long, rambling paragraph to convince the news server that it's
: worthwhile.  Now, isn't this a TOTAL waste of bandwidth, or what?  Like I
: said, some computers are TOO stupid to be trusted in the real world ...
: <B-)

Maybe you ought to consider that it's your news client, not the server.
For instance, I used to use 'rn', which has this limitation.  Now, I
use 'tin'.

And if it IS your server, you can easily switch the server via the
Command Line Parameters.


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