Jeff, Amen brother. There is certainly no equal to Apple. I'm SURE if Apple wanted to, they could have made OS X REFUSE to boot on our old ass hardware. Apple rocks. imho, Oracle is getting shafted because Microsoft has friends in high places. George --- "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 2/26/04 4:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > What about Steve Jobs pulling the support out from > under us and leaving us > > out on a limb. We are real fortunate we have this > list. I was very lucky to > > find > > it. > > Arnie > > > <SIGH> > > How many of Oracle's software offerings are free > from their websites, > including several free and supremely useable (on > Legacy Macs) Operating > Systems (does oracle even DO OSes?) ? > > What other Computer/Software manufacturing company > offers dozens and dozens > of patches, upgrades, drivers and help files in a > LIST format for easy > viewing and picking, versus rowing through many, > many pages on, say, a > Compaq / HP site for drivers and patches? > > And Microsoft? > > They've made dozens of Operating Systems over the > years. How many DO THEY > HAVE on their website for free [EMAIL PROTECTED] Been > to eBay lately? You'll > pay $25 for DOS 6.22. More for most Windows OSes. > O.S. 7.5.3 is FREE!!! > The System 6es they have listed are FREE. > > > I gotta say, this "abandonment" complaint riles me. > Apple has the BEST > support-base in the Industry. Easiest to find and > download, and widest > support for all manner of Old Computers of > A-N-Y-B-O-D-Y currently selling > computers or softwares for them. > > And the email lists? Macs have far and away more of > any except Linux. Easy > access to systems and their add-ons, more help than > anywhere except Linux? > > I can't help but hope you rethink your feelings > about Apple. > > > > Jeff > > > -- > SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > SuperMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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