Sure, sure...sorry. Keep your pants on..oh sorry. There was no devolving till YOU started name calling big guy. Since you aren't responding to my comments, I take that as you knowing you were wrong and now can only go after the messenger. Good tactics.
And just as a final rub..I'm getting the iphone regardless of your ok. On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < [email protected]> wrote: > Please drop talking about others being excited, calming down, knee-jerk > reactions and so many other patronizing terms. But for that, I might > hope for an eventual give-and-take conversation. I can't pin this on the > WFB or MFB, because I doubt you are so thin-skinned. Did this devolve > from trying to one-up Tom? > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > Have no idea what you are so excited about. I never said you could > upgrade from 98 to w7...that was the point. XP and OS X came out within > months of each other, xp a few months after os x. The big technology > leap for apple was of course os 9 to OS X, for windows, the big leap is > xp to vista..but not AS big as the OS X leap. Apple has made much > smaller incremental moves foward over the last eight years to arrive at > snow leopard, MS sat on XP and upgraded users at no charge until 2007 > when vista came out. Most users on this list seem to be saying they > skipped the vista debacle and thus will upgrade from xp to 7. This is a > leap of 8 years worth of tech and my point was to expect to be able to > upgrade in place was asking a lot...like asking apple to upgrade you, > programs and all from OS 9 to 10.5. > > If you calmed down and stopped the knee jerk reactions you might > understand what I was saying. Calling everyone who doesn't tow your > line a WFB isn't really a conversation, it's just name calling to try > and end discussion. > BTW, can WFB's own apple stuff? Do I have to sell all my ipods and my > mac..and not get the iphone I'm planning on in September? Say it ain't > so, I was looking forward to that phone. > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Oh, really, Mike! Let's see. Mac OS 9 was discontinued in the late > > 1990's. M$ was selling Windows 98 and ME. So show me the 98-to-W7 > > upgrade or cut the WFB BS that twists the reality most list members > > know. > > > > Both venders made their upgrade versus compatibility decisions (good > > and bad). I personally think M$ stuck with DOS so long it ruined any > > chances Windows may have once had, then they almost got XP'd to 2001. > > The largest OS 9 to OS X issue Apple hasn't addressed yet (for me) is > > the FTFF thing. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Mark Snyder > > -----Original Message----- > > Seems most are not mentioning upgrading from XP to 7 would be like > > asking Apple to do a straight upgrade from os 9 to 10.6. All your > > programs and settings too...why can't I run that program I've been > > running since system 7 on 10.5?? > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > *** > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > > > ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ > > > ** > > ********************************************************************** > > *** > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ > ** > ************************************************************************ > * > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
