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To: David Kuspa who wrote (3293)7/25/1997 11:09:00 AM
From: BillHoo   of 213183
 
"Apple was positioned to change the landscape for billions."

If you look at it from another perspective, Apple already has.

The Macintosh... Not as the physical computer, or even brand name, but a way of doing things has taken over the world.

What was the big showdown in the 80s. Mac vs. IBM.

On one side Mac with easy to use GUI and simple cute technology coined "the mouse"

On the other the IBM PC cheaper, less memory intensive applications that required one to type in command strings or (if lucky) use keyboard driven menues to get tasks accomplished.

The PC camp argued that the Mac used too much memory for all those graphics. Too much processing power is wasted to support those useless icon graphics. The mouse is too gimmicky - trackballs and joysticks were the way to go. Anyone who is smart enough to remember and type in commands has no use for a mouse. PC users can program their own games and software in DOS.

Look at PCs today. They are in essence Macintoshes. The arguements we give to Windows - Memory hogs, wastes of processing power, echoe the anti-Mac sentiment years ago.

You still have TRUE PC users who refuse to use Windows 95 or even Windows 3.11 out there because it is too much like the Mac.

IBM is no longer the enemy. The enemy is the original Mac concept in someone else's hands.

Just a wild thought.

-Bill
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