>> >If someone really wanted to write a script to take out a Mac, it wouldn't >be >> >any more difficult than writing one for PC, and probably easier. >> >But no one would notice, so it wouldn't be any fun. >> >> No one except the 5 million Mac users world wide ;-) > >The bulk of which are in graphics shops and aren't hooked up to the net >anyway. >Whats that number in context? About a billionth of 1% of the computers >presently in use?
Enough to make it a viable operating system sitting on viable hardware (all made by the same viable company) and most important of all, providing a viable alternative to what would otherwise be a complete and utter monopoly on choice in personal computers (Linux etc notwithstanding). Really, I'm not 'for' Macs. I'm 'for' personal choice. That's why I believe that everyone - including the folks on this list - should have the necessary freedom to choose what system they use to get online or crunch numbers or write letters or process photos. If you choose a PC, absolutely fine, no problem with that. But just because there are other users of other systems out there, especially in a minority, does not mean that they are insignificant. Some of them maybe crazed zealots, but that's only because they believe they have been released from some sort of demonic grip. Seriously, I wouldn't push a Mac down anyone's neck. People believe what they want, and use what they will. Certainly I will point out the benefits (or rather my operative Cameron will ;-) of Macs but only as a Pentax user will point out the benefits of (say) SMC over (say) Nikon glass. You are probably the same - you'd highlight the pluses of SMC but you wouldn't necessarily ram it down a Nikon user's throat (hang on, Bill's Canadian - gotta think about this)... Live and let live! I used to be a liberal, but I couldn't decide which fence to sit on :-) [PS: from Eleanour: >Someone -- I think it was MacCotty -- posted a very sensible summary of the >whole issue back then. It's worth reading, unless your platform >preference is a >religious issue to you. Why thank you my dear. I promise this is my last word on this thread. Unless Bill calls me out. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
