All this talk about Macs, I'm ready to switch. What kind of a Mac do I
need for email, web surfing, digital photo processing? Besides, my name
IS Mike MacLean.
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. wrote:
> FWIW, Almost everything a Mac does is world wide standards based.
> Almost everything a Windows box does is MS based. The world wide
> standards were being written long before NT and 2K were wet dream in
> Billy's eyes. There is a reason the internet is based mostly on UNIX,
> there is a reason most banks and online ordering systems shy away from
> Windows. There is a reason most publishing houses use Macs, there is a
> reason most schools uses Macs, there is a reason over half the worlds
> researchers use Macs, there is a reason the 3rd fastest supercomputer
> in the world is a Mac Cluster, and there is a reason Windows dominates
> the corporate boardrooms. And it has nothing to do with standards and
> compatibility.
>
> Larry
>
> On Nov 23, 2003, at 12:09 PM, David Lieb wrote:
>
>>> What a crock David. All that's going on here is one computer is
>>> using a
>>> character set that is slightly different from the other computer's.
>>> And
>>
>> by
>>
>>> the way, those character sets are user selectable.
>>
>>
>> Come on,Rick, can't you take a joke? I know that, I also know that the
>> particular implementation is a little silly when used in a sharing
>> environment like email, isn't it? Just another MacOops.
>> David Lieb
>>
> --
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
> System Administrator/Manager
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
>
> "Don't be afraid to ask dumb questions, they are a lot easier to
> handle than dumb mistakes.
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