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Re: Let's get System 7.x on top!
Dwight W Weisman wrote:
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> > I replied to this only because Win95 bashers tick me off. Quite frankly,
> >I only use executor as a toy, because macs have next to zero software that
> >interests me. (I've checked all of Yahoo, and the FTP search engine in
> >norway, and come up empty except for little address book DAs and other
> >completely useless things.) Unless you've actually run Win95 on your
> >computer, don't go putting it down. Thank you, and lets not get a huge
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >thread here, both sides have been heard.
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> >-Tim Hendricks
>
> What an obnoxious thing to do. Folks, this originally hit my desk as email
> to me alone.
It was sent to your inbox and the group simultaneously.
> At the request of the sender, I answered only to him so as to
> avoid clogging the group. Have to pull out the guns eh? First of all, The
> premier commercial campaign for your wonderful OS was done on MACS, the
> software that was supposed to do the job in windows wouldn't.
>
Any proof of that? Look it up, it was probably done in X-Windows.
> Now, as I told you, if you are willing to pay for your software there is a
> lot out there. As for your comment that there is nothing available on the
> net for the MAC, you are either a liar or an idiot. I am sorry if that
> sounds rude but as you said, I hate bashers, especially bashers who include
> "I replied to this only because Win95 bashers tick me off" in their bashes.
>
Show me something. I've checked info-mac and the like, and yes there is software,
but nothing of any particular use. (Except for maybe a place holder on someone's
hard disk.) And, as I told you, out of maybe 5 large superstores around here, only one
has _*ANY*_ mac software, and not much at that. Mind you I live between Akron and Cleveland,
so I'm not out in the sticks. If I gave a damn about screen savers, calendars, and event
timers, maybe there'd be something out there, but I don't, and I doubt I'm alone.
> As many here can testify, there is a cornucopia (my word for the day) of
> Mac software out there. As I recall, ARDI has a set of links to some.
> There are sites that are devoted to indexing other Mac sites, some of these
> indexes are so busy they actually have mirrors like the one you went to
> which is in Finland not Norway.
They're busy because there aren't many. Figure the ratio of IBM to mac ftp sites
on the net, and get back to me. IBM users have a little more selection and room
to spread out.
Actually, the only thing that would be REALLY useful for a mac for me right
now is diskcopy, so I can transfer the system 6.0.1 disks to my old IIGS, but
they haven't gotten that to work yet, and they're 800k images anyhow. Face it
people, the comparison of mac to IBM would be like Chris Robinson (lead singer
of the Black Crows) vs Mike Tyson in a boxing match. I only have executor because
its something to play with, like linux and X-windows. (However, I get much more
functionality out of linux and X-windows, and I'm not even hardwired to the net.)
Show me some games of the calibre of DOOM (That come out on time), like
Wing Commander 3 or 4, and maybe ftp & telnet servers (shareware), stuff like
Kali that allows multi-player games over the internet, and some more heavy duty
programming stuff than resedit. (Something that actually allows you to enter
input and compile in C) Show me some IRC clients that are up to par with mIRC.
Everything that I have listed here, I can get for the IBM, for free yet, and
with all or more functionality than commercial software. I haven't spent any
money in a year or two on software, and I'm not lacking.
>
> Cheerios,
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I didn't want to drag this on the group, but someone seems to have a
chip on his shoulder; also, I don't like to leave things undefended.
I have nothing further to say, unless prompted to do so by someone else.
-Tim Hendricks
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