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- From: astein@cmcvx1.claremont.edu
- Subject: Re: A+/InCider article: ACK!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.010049.1@cmcvx1.claremont.edu>
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- Organization: Claremont McKenna College
- References: <9FPauB7w165w@bluemoon.use.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 01:00:49 PST
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- In article <9FPauB7w165w@bluemoon.use.com>, slhood@bluemoon.use.com (Stephen L. Hood) writes:
- > I just picked up a copy of the December 1992 issue of "A+/InCider", and I
- > am agast.
- >
- > The "Bridging the Gap" column, written by Greg Keizer, focuses this month
- > on the "Gappie" awards, A+/InCider's awards for products that demonstrate
- > the best or worst in Apple/Mac connectivity.
- >
- > The first award was for "Best Technical Performance: GS", and went to
- > "Pointless", because, "not only does Pointless let you use TrueType on the
- > IIGS, but with a little help from you, it can move Mac, even Windows,
- > TrueType fonts to the GS." It is blatantly untrue that Pointless can
- > interpret "Windows" format TrueType fonts. Such action requires the use
- > of either Mac or DOS applications to convert between the Windows and Mac TT
- > formats.
- >
- > Another award went to GS/OS 6.0 for "Best Missed Opportunity". The
- > reviewer claims that GS/OS 6.0 (which the rest of the world calls System
- > 6) "should have taken a couple more pages from the Mac's System 7. The
- > latter, for instance, can quickly create an alias for any docuement or
- > program..." This is an intolerable statement. It infuriates me that Mr.
- > Keizer can be so foolish and shortsighted. He completely overlooks the
- > HFS FST's merits, mentioning it in the middle of a sentence that resolves
- > by stating that Apple "missed the opportunity".
- >
- > "For all the benefits that 1992's new GS/OS 6.0 offered IIGS owners --
- > including a translator that lets the computer read from and write to
- > Macintosh floppies -- Apple missed the opportunity to make its most
- > powerful Apple II even more powerful, and in the process, match the
- > Macintosh operating system's functionality."
- >
- > The article then goes on for three more paragraphs to describe why System
- > 6 is inferior to System 7.
- >
- > Certainly, I would welcome the addition of aliasing and shared folders.
- > But what of System 7? It snagged the "Best Technical Performance: Mac"
- > award, mostly because of its shared folder features.
- >
- > The HFS FST, coupled with the soon-to-be-released MS-DOS FST, allows the
- > GS to access the most popular and common disk formats. However, even the
- > glorious System 7 cannot directly read lowly ProDOS disks -- you first
- > have to go to Apple File Exchange and wait about ten times as long to copy
- > a file as you would to copy a Mac file to the IIGS.
- >
- > I personally want nothing more of the Mac OS than aliasing. The scrolling
- > thumbs on the Mac do not resize according to the size of the document,
- > creating a very non-intuitive interface. Folding sharing on the IIGS
- > would be impractical -- how many schools use GS/OS anyway?
- >
- > What upsets me most of all is that Mr. Kreizer's article focuses almost
- > entirely on the Macintosh. Even the titles of his "awards" are tailored
- > to recent Mac products, from Kid Pix to the Performa.
- >
- > Mr. Kreizer's writings have been much more productive and objective in the
- > past. Indeed, "Briding the Gap" has been one of the very few tangible
- > products of the incorporation of Mac support into A+/InCider. However, I
- > am now quite disappointed by what I feel can only be the result of the
- > influence of a new chief editor.
- >
- > I am upset by this unprofessionalism and intend to write a letter to the
- > editor. Watch for it, folks. If it even appears, I'll be surprised if I
- > recieve a reply.
- >
- >
- > | Stephen L. Hood Ask me about GNO/ME, the multitasking |
- > | Micro Center, Inc. environment for the Apple IIGS! |
- > | slhood@bluemoon.rn.com "My Woz, my Woz, why have you |
- > | slhood@pro-works.cts.com abandoned me?" |
-
- What do you expect from Greg Keizer? He regards the Apple II almost as
- lowly as does David Thornburg. His articles have been about as accurate as the
- National Inquisitor's, with his refusal to recognize that System 6.0 could read
- and write Macintosh disks until ell after its release. It's as if he has a
- six-month lead time. I don't want to pay $3.95 an issue to read his insults
- and sloppy, unfounded attacks against the Apple II. We've got Apple for that.
-