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To: James R. Barrett who wrote (22625)	5/30/1998 3:33:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) of 108807

Jim, Agreed! Apple/Macintosh has been its own worst enemy from Day One. However, in 1993, Macintosh had become a serious contender in the business computing arena, something it had not been until about that time. When Macintosh burst on the scene in 1983, most of us thought it hardly more than a toy, not to be taken seriously for business use. My boss at the time (1983) purchased a Macintosh. He spent his nights blowing up continents, while the rest of us ran business applications on our IBM compatibles that his Mac couldn't handle. Another factor in IBM compatibles rapidly gaining on and overtaking the PC market was Apple's steadfast refusal to make it possible for shareware to be written for the Mac OS. Other problems for Apple/Mac in the early days included anemic RAM, no hard disk or color monitor and, of course, a dearth of serious business software. What Mac software was available was copy-protected, an abomination which has fortunately gone the way of the dodo bird. BTW, Mr. Gates was one of the last major software producers to remove copy protection. I have always refused to buy copy-protected software. Holly

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