Re: WOW. You guys are ...

[ctkwan@cs.hku.hk (Doug Kwan ~{9XUq5B~})]

John L. Graham (John_L._Graham@adbbs.antioch.edu) wrote:
: The problem is there is a pervasive attitude that unless you have the latest
: and greatest there must be something wrong with you. At the very least you're
: a second rate person. Maybe it's just that some of the people that hold this
: view are very vocal. At leat the people I know who use computers a fair
: number are technosnobs, unfortunately that includes everyone I know in our
: system administrator's office. On the other hand most of the teachers (k-6)
: and secretaries I know couldn't care less. They want something that works and
: doesn't change every day and a half.

: The point is there's nothing wrong with "shiny new Pentiums" just as there's
: nothing wrong with a C-64 that gets the job done.

Couldn't agree more. Most people using computers nowadays are 
non-programmers and they will never understand how interesting it is to
use, to programme and to play with an Apple ][. It is beyond the
mental capability of those "my-computer-is-better-than-yours" type of
people to appreciate the beauty of a simple 8-bit machine that
serves it purpose well.

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Doug Kwan ~{9XUq5B~}
Graduate Student
Department of Computer Science
The University of Hong Kong