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- Dwight W Weisman wrote:
- >
- > > 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.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > >-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,
- > + weismand@limestone.kosone.com +
- > <Dwight W Weisman> +----------------------+-----------------------+
- > > Kingston < | Fax:(613) 547-9649 | Voice:(613) 547-6136 |
- > < Ontario Canada > +----------------------+-----------------------+
-
-
- 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
-
-