Re: A2Central News

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <apple22-C5F8EE.17071019092006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
Greg Buchner  <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:

> In article <eeorv1$3o1$1@merope.saaf.se>,
>  pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
>
>> In article <Nv2dnWqVqrxbK5DYnZ2dnUVZ_tGdnZ2d@bresnan.com>,
>> Terry Olsen <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> I never ever "swore never to buy a Mac".
>>>
>>> You may not have, but I know lots of people who did. Some are still around.
>>> I'm not saying anything bad about those who did.  If someone swore to never
>>> buy a Mac, and then eventually did, fine. Things change. But for those who
>>> did swear to never buy a Mac, and then did at a later point in time, to
>>> then
>>> treat me like some sort of lower life form because I never did become a Mac
>>> convert is pure hypocracy.
>>
>> Of course it is .... but hypocricy is a very common property among religious
>> zealots --- including those who have a particular computer as their
>> religion...
>
> Like a lot of the Windows users I see online.  Doesn't seem to apply as
> much to Linux users though.

They're too busy dabbling with their systems.... :-)   Windows and Mac both
attract more naive users which don't know much about how to dabble with
their systems - that gives them more time for these holy wars.....

   http://ursine.ca/Holy_wars


> If you really want to see religious debates about hardware, find the
> right spot to talk about PS3 and Xbox 360.  Makes the Mac/Windows thing
> look quite tame.

No thanks -- I've already seen enough of that .... in the early 1990's, when
holy wars raged over whether the GUI of the Amiga or the Atari ST was the
"best" GUI....  :-(

> Greg B.

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