Hey all, I didn't mean to slam windows users or to start a "holy war". I just meant that I don't have to worry about being "controlled" yet. I know Steve Jobs is as much, if not more, of a control freak as Bill Gates. Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression.
-- Richard Hotchkiss http://www.hotstrings-inc.com "William H. Magill" wrote: > > Apple would gladly be Microsoft in a heartbeat if it could ever get its > > act together - as would most businesses. Let's not start this ridiculous > > holy war. > > > > Samuel Nicolary > > > > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, R. Hotchkiss wrote: > > > > > Boy am I happy I use a mac. George Orwell was/is right. > > > > > I'm a longtime Mac user and still possess the 3rd 128K Mac in > Philadelphia... (as well as a long time Unix user.) > > But Sam is quite correct. Apple is and has always been, far more > proprietary than Microsoft ever was. Jobs penchant for secrecy and > "protectionism" is well known -- remember the clone wars? > > Both Gates and Jobs are control-freeks and fierce competitors with each > other, and neither gives a damm about Larry Ellison, despite what Larry > would have you believe. > > It's been interesting to watch the two of them over the years. > > So far, Jobs is way ahead of Gates with Pixar, but falling behind lately > with Apple. Real dollars have very little to do with the score-keeping -- > both have more money than they know what to do with, it's all about > creativity and how to "look open" while still maintaining absolute > (some would say dictitorial) control. > > BTW - Forbes has a whole collection of articles on XP, the good, bad and > ugly... > http://www.forbes.com/2001/08/30/0830xpindex.html > > -- > www.tru64unix.compaq.com > www.tru64.org > comp.unix.tru64 > > T.T.F.N. > William H. Magill Senior Systems Administrator > Information Services and Computing (ISC) University of Pennsylvania > Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.isc-net.upenn.edu/~magill/ > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > Archive is at <http://www.mail-archive.com/>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. Archive is at <http://www.mail-archive.com/>.
