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>From: Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs)
>Subject: Re: Attn: mac.com users
>Date: Sat, May 11, 2002, 12:06 AM
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> --- George Mogiljansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It goes deeper than that, Dan.
>> A few months ago, I tried posting a comment/question
>> on the Apple Discussion board. It was disallowed,
>> with
>> some quasi-legal explanation about 'negative'
>> language.
>> To this day, I can't tell if a human or a machine
>> filtered my message.
>> How do we save Apple from itself?
>> Stay tuned!
>
> Hmmmm, when a company doesn't want to hear or see
> anything the least bit negative about itself, even
> when it's intended to be constructive and point out
> how they could do something better. Hmmmm.
> (Like make a flinking rackmount dual G4 server with
> at least 6 PCI slots!)
I kinda "feel" for the Applers.
Dozens of years of negative feedback have probably dented some enthusiasm
there in Cupertino.
Mac's hanging on by its fingernails. And it's O.S. X ain't receiving well,
overall.
I, for one, will always be starry-eyed-impressed with what the Mac O.S.
brought to computing. And what its machines are capable of at their ages.
Thanks in HUGE part to the O.S., Mac made a GIANT, historic dent in the home
computer market. First-ins, tho', are ALWAYS subject to a LOT of ME-TOO-ism.
Copy-cats copied themselves silly on the efforts of early Apple. It's easy
as hell to look great when copying the efforts of someone else, AFTER all
the mistakes have been made and Beta tested by the field.
The pressure cooker that was Apple in those early days was so tough to
withstand, some of the most brilliant and contributive people had to back
away for fear of their own sanities.
Jeff
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