On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 10:53:09PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The people there suggested I should wholly embrace OSX as it was > the greatest thing and would revolutionize the world of Macintosh.
The great thing about the computer world is that other users will force you to switch if the mother-company cannot ... The way I look at it is like this: Mac OS reached its prime around System 7.1. Everything I use after that is for the sake of other people. It is sad when you have to do things that way, but I'm only willing to fight this battle to a certain degree -- which is to say that I'll have a computer which is powerful enough to handle the crap people dish out and I'll run a currently supported operating system, but I'm not going to accept all of the crap (eg. Word documents) and I'll run the OS of my choice (either Mac OS X or OpenBSD). But I do agree with you: you should be able to run what you want without being harassed by other people, but that world ends the moment people expect you to exchange files with them. Byron. The grumpy Canuck. -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.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/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
