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On Nov 2, 2004, at 1:55 AM, Andrew Hime wrote:

quoted 2 lines Yeah, um... we don't have ti. See, people actually develop software

> Yeah, um... we don't have ti. See, people actually develop software > for our platform. It's kinda convenient.

That's funny because there's over 30,000 apps (not including the thousands of aforementioned Linux/Unix apps) for the Macintosh platform. Name me a piece of software and I assure you there's a facsimile for it that is arguably better on the Mac platform. Now if you had mentioned games, I would have agreed with you. Windows is a lot better for games, but really, I don't spend over a thousand dollars just to play games. I use my computer to do serious stuff. If I want games, I'll play a Playstation or Game Cube. And for the record, I'm a dual Windows/Mac user. I was originally a C64/Amiga user in the eighties (and also dabbled with Texas Instruments, Apple II/Atari Falcon/Tandy/Mac computers) who then went on to use DOS and later Win 3.1 in the nineties. I used Windows exclusively from '91 on to 2001 (Win 3.1 - XP... although I secretly lusted for BeOS). I got my first Mac in 2001, and since then I use both Windows and Mac (Mac 9 and OS X). I also dabble in *Nix, but find that the Mac does everything I need since it's a fully functional Unix platform now (based on the respected *BSD branch). -- Mr. Tangent [the binary police] www.mrtangent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

John/Slackonomics wrote:

quoted 9 lines On Nov 2, 2004, at 1:55 AM, Andrew Hime wrote:

> On Nov 2, 2004, at 1:55 AM, Andrew Hime wrote: > >> Yeah, um... we don't have ti. See, people actually develop software >> for our platform. It's kinda convenient. > > That's funny because there's over 30,000 apps (not including the > thousands of aforementioned Linux/Unix apps) for the Macintosh > platform. Name me a piece of software and I assure you there's a > facsimile for it that is arguably better on the Mac platform.

That's cool. I don't really care how many apps there are for Mac. I'm just saying that Windows is the development target. -- The best show killed by Cartoon Network/Adult Swim: Home Movies. Season 1, Out on DVD - November 16th. http://homemovies.toonzone.net/DVD.html (Entertainment Weekly endorsed it after it was canceled - what does that tell you?) If he knows how the world works, how come he's done such an awful job? Think about that next month. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

----- Original Message ----- From: "John/Slackonomics"

quoted 3 lines On Nov 2, 2004, at 1:55 AM, Andrew Hime wrote:

> On Nov 2, 2004, at 1:55 AM, Andrew Hime wrote: > > Yeah, um... we don't have ti. See, people actually develop software > > for our platform. It's kinda convenient.

quoted 4 lines That's funny because there's over 30,000 apps (not including the

> That's funny because there's over 30,000 apps (not including the > thousands of aforementioned Linux/Unix apps) for the Macintosh > platform. Name me a piece of software and I assure you there's a > facsimile for it that is arguably better on the Mac platform.

TurboLister. Auction Sentry. That's two. seek --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Nov 2, 2004, at 2:57 AM, seek wrote:

quoted 5 lines TurboLister.

> TurboLister. > > Auction Sentry. > > That's two.

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php? mode=basic&action=search&str=ebay&plt%5B%5D=macosx&x=13&y=8 I don't use any of the aforementioned programs, but it appears there's no less than 16 eBay programs for Mac OS X that probably do everything the ones you mentioned do. Next? -- Mr. Tangent [the binary police] www.mrtangent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org