Re: [Leica] Mac vs. Windows

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Jeff

Finally, a voice of reason!

Jerry

Jeff S wrote:

> This "Mac vs Windows" debate is a very dead horse; it
> passed away sometime in 1996 or so. Please stop
> beating it ;-)
>
> If Leica were run like Apple, we'd be using a
> beautifully packaged LeicaFilm which was similar to,
> but incompatible with, standard 35mm film, at about a
> 30% premium due to Leica licensing fees, and sold only
> through Leica dealers. Only Leica cameras would use
> LeicaFilm. It'd offer some whizzy new features, but
> new film emulsions would arrive in standard 35mm
> format many months before LeicaFilm, and some
> emulsions would never be offered at all: Delta 3200
> perhaps, maybe Acros as well.  But how's about some
> nice Kodacolor Gold? Here on the LUG, we'd grumble
> about Kodak/Fuji/Agfa's stunning lack of vision in
> failing to make LeicaFilm their #1 priority despite
> it's 3% market share. All LeicaFilm manufacturers
> would be compelled to use Leica-approved film
> cassettes, but every so often, the one manufacturer
> making the cassettes and other special bits would
> experience production glitches, and we'd go for a few
> weeks without being able to buy any new LeicaFilm
> whatsoever.
>
> On the other hand, if Microsoft were in charge of the
> situation, we'd have 35mm film same as today. But
> Microsoft would produce 95% of the film, chemistry and
> paper. The chemistry itself would be a secret, and
> only officially licensed 3rd parties would have access
> to the formulae, and only select ones at that. On the
> whole MS Film would work pretty good, but the popular
> MS Film98 would be especially vulnerable to damage by
> many strains of bacteria, and a good deal of effort
> would be spent keeping one's negatives from basically
> rotting away. Eventually, Microsoft would declare that
> Film98 could not be made rot-proof, and urge all
> photographers to copy their older images onto FilmXP,
> which unfortunately would later prove very attractive
> to voracious insects.
>
> Meanwhile, some kid too poor to buy MS Film devises a
> new emulsion and chemistry from scratch, and offers
> the formulae free to anyone who asks. It has the
> advantage of being pretty rot- and insect-resistant.
> Pro photographers recognize a good thing and begin to
> adopt it, but amateurs are initially put off by the
> often plain packaging, lack of advertising, the need
> to bulk-load, and cut one's own leaders.
>
> Jeff
>
> >Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 19:50:50 EDT
> >From: LRZeitlin@aol.com
> >Subject: [Leica] Mac vs. Windows
> >
> >Bob writes:
> >
> ><<Also, the software outfits devote most of
> >
> >their talent to developing applications for Windows
> >primarily. We only
> >get the Mac version much later.>>
> >
> >Word, Excel, and Photoshop, the big three of computer
> >software, were developed for the Mac first.
> >
> >Larry
>
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