From: Stephen Kellett <snail@...>
Date: 2005-04-01T09:19:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Respect and Disappointment

In message <051201c53645$9185de40$6442a8c0@musicbox>, Bill Kelly 
<billk@cts.com> writes
>It's true Macs ship with a one-button mouse.

Thanks. Could have sworn someone here was claiming I was telling 
untruths about this.

>(So if one can afford $15 for a third party mouse, the one-
>button thing is a non-issue.)

But it shouldn't have to be. For something which is an infinite 
improvement. Anyone trying to sell a one button mouse for windows 
machines would be committing commercial suicide.

>So to me that makes OS X significantly less proprietary
>than Windows.  (At least as far as software goes.  Maybe
>you were referring to hardware.)

Both. The core OS software is not proprietary, but the layer on top, 
well its what makes it a Mac and not a G5 with a free OS. As for the 
hardware, its Apple specific, made so that it can accept accessory cards 
already made for the Wintel arena. Smart move, but still proprietary. 
Jobs killed the Mac clones for a reason.

>In any case, ..... MY AMIGA CAN BEAT UP YOUR ATARI-ST !!!

Damn right it can. I could never afford an Amiga, so had to settle for 
an Amiga. Nice hardware.

Stephen
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