Henri Yandell wrote:
> >On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Tony LaFemina wrote: > >>That's because Microsoft is in the mushroom producing business. Keep >>them in the dark and feed them shit! >> > >I'm not a Micro-fan, but that seems pretty amusing coming from a MacGroup >mail list. Apple being the ones who just made everyone pay for... a copy >of AIM, a simple calendar app and a samba system that finally works? Oh, >and hard to quantify 'improvements' to the GUI engine. > >If Apple can charge money for a version with bugs fixed, why not >Microsoft. > >[rainy day funk] > > OK. So they both have mushroom farms. For years I've seen Mac owners buy software they already have, because they either don't know it's there, or they don't know how to use it. The sooner we learn they're not here to educate us, the better off we'll be. If a company can make you dependant on their products, they have another guaranteed customer. I personally think most of us buy the latest version of a software program because we're so tired of trying to figure out how the last one worked, and we're hoping the next one will reveal all the mysteries. If anyone noticed, each successive version has more Help files and program assistants than the last one. And the funny thing about it is, the Help never gets past the program basics. Maybe one day we'll learn. For now, accept it. You won't get so aggravated all the time. -- Tony LaFemina Major in Layout & Design Techniques Minor in Software Fundamentals http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
