Aquariums

[Jonathan Hutchins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Palmer" <repalmer at sunflower.org>

> >Yes Mac OS is great as long as you don't attempt to run any real
applications,
> >or network it, or do any real work with it.  OS-X is great as long as you
> >don't try to use any Mac aps on it.  I'm in the GA business, so I know
just a
> >teensy bit about what I say on this subject....

> ... anyone that makes statements about the Mac OS like that
> simply hasn't ever use it or been around  it.

I'll back Steve on this.  I know of one operation that uses Mac's for
production work, and it's because 1) they network with a VMS system, and 2)
They don't use PC's.  They're also in a town (far, far from here) where
there is a university that got conned into using Macs, and therefore there
is a community of Mac hackers available to modify the things so they'll run
and fix them when they break.  (Apple's answer is "Buy the next new Mac, we
fixed it in the new release but it's incompatible with your hardware".)

Having been the Mac support tech for a number of sites in KC that have Mac's
on their heterogeneous network, having had various Mac's on my home network
including one right now, having provided general support to Mac's since the
early 90's, I have been around them, and I've tried to use them.

In my experience, it's only people who have never used real computers that
think Macs are useful.  They're a great platform by 1984 standards.  By 2001
standards, they're an Etch-a-sketch.