Robert, Ric Manning has been a Mac hater for a long, long time. I'm not sure what happened to him and Macs, but you always get the impression that he hates Macs. He also, as you noted, not very accurate in a lot of columns, no matter what he reviews.
Great letter by the way. John Stone On Jul 28, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Robert Klein wrote: > Ric, > > I?m probably not the first to tell you, but your column that ran > today had a > basic error in it. There is no subscription to iTunes, and you > don?t have > to buy anything to use it to rip CDs or otherwise load podcasts and > mp3s > from your PC or Mac onto an iPod or iPhone. This is a significant > point, > and I hope you print a correction next week. > > More significant to me, however, you seem to have a negative > attitude toward > Apple and its products that has crept into your columns over the > past few > years. You either ignore developments that pertain to Apple or you > give > negative or wrong information out. Objective issues and > limitations are > fair game, of course, and I appreciate that Macs as such are only > about 5 or > 6% of the market; however, you might take a look at who is the > leader in > innovation, who is in that market and the fact that the gizmo > market goes > beyond laptops and desktops. Maybe I am wrong, but I perceive a > predilection toward the negative. > > ?Not a nano?? Indeed, not an iPod at all! > > Robert > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
