Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Because we Mac users feel the same way about our Macs as a passionate Leica user feels about his or her M3, M2 ect. I have no emotional bond with any DOS/Windows computer I ever used. But I did with every Mac I have ever used. Mark Writing this on a Powerbook G4 15" On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 01:15 AM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Mark and Nathan > > Why are MAC users so defensive? It seems to be like a cult. > (I almost said "religion", but that subject is a No-No) > > Jerry > > > > Mark Kronquist wrote: > >> on 9/28/03 8:52 PM, Nathan Wajsman at n.wajsman@chello.nl wrote: >> >>> Mark, >>> >>> Since 1987 I have worked for an electric utility in Tampa; for AT&T >>> in New >>> Jersey and in >>> Europe; for Swiss Re in Zurich; as a self-employed consultant in >>> Zurich; and >>> now for a >>> telecoms/internet company in the Netherlands and Spain. In those >>> jobs I have >>> had dealings with >>> hundreds of customers, suppliers and business partners in Europe, >>> North >>> America and Asia. >>> Every single one of them with one exception (a small consulting firm >>> in Paris) >>> used DOS and >>> Windows-based computers. In the real world of business, outside some >>> very >>> specialized niches, >>> Apple simply does not exist. Whether we like it or not is >>> irrelevant. Windows >>> is the de facto >>> standard for the vast majority of the world's businesses. >>> >> >> And Apple sets the standard and blazes a trail of innovation. That is >> their >> strength. Apple is not reactionary. It is revolutionary time and time >> again >> (iPod anyone) >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html