On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 06:47 PM, Obi-Wan wrote: >> As long as recalcitrant market monopolizers like Quark refuse to spend >> the money to make critical programs OS X-native, OS 9 will be limping >> around. Even Apple's had to accept as much. > > Not really. From what I have read Quark is scrambling for their lives > trying to get their product OS X compliant. Indesign is taking a lot of > Quarks business away from them. I know whole firms that have made the > switch from Quark to inDesign and they are thumbing their noses at the > company. >
Good point. While Quark users are an important segment among Mac consumers, they hardly define Apple. I think the imperative is for Quark to come up to speed as opposed to Apple having to throw everything and everybody else into reverse to "wait". Like just about every step Apple's ever made, OS X is ahead of it's time and way better than anything out there ever has been. Let's just hope consumers are smart enough to realize that this time. "Not being used to" something is the exact excuse of the great unwashed masses of pee-cee consumers that keeps Apple and the benefits it potentially brings down in the fringes instead of in the forefront where it belongs. dave -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
