From: mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus) Subject: Re: Linux on Macintrashes? (Was: Re: Linux on Amiga?) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 01:16:01 GMT
In article <C5I4zA.G79@eskimo.com>, drl@eskimo.com (James Mitchell) writes:
> Long, long, long ago in my computing infancy I encouraged my
> parents to buy a macintosh SE. I have never regretted the decision.
> It is no longer the greatest computer in the world, but MY DAD IS MAKING
> ADVERTISMENTS ON IT *W*I*T*H*O*U*T* *M*Y* *H*E*L*P!!!!!!!!! This is a
> man who needed a command sheet to load telix on the much lamented family
> XT. That alone is enough to make me a believer.
And what possible use would such a person have for Unix? This is
certainly a legitimate point, but it has NOTHING to do with Unix ports,
which necessarily require a certain sophistication on the part of the user
that is lacking among the vast majority of Mac users.
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