Re: Mac advertising vs. ideas for VMS advertising

From: Larry Kilgallen (Kilgallen_at_SpamCop.net)
Date: 05/18/05

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    In article <3f1582F57ng4U1@individual.net>, bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
    > In article <6G8u$1M+gV4s@eisner.encompasserve.org>,
    > Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes:

    >>> Why? Just what does the Mac GUI have to offer that can't be found in any
    >>> other X11 GUI?
    >>
    >> Mac's can run an X11 server, but I do not believe the native GUI uses X11.
    >
    > Didn't answer my question.

    The question "any other X11 GUI" was ill-formed.

    > But, getting back to the GUI, what does it do that any other doesn't
    > do? If nothing is left that is specifically Mac beyond the GUI what
    > is the advantage?
    >
    >> To see what it is like, take a look in a showroom at your nearest retailer.
    >
    > Hardly seems worth the time or gas.

    But well worth asking me to retype what has been published in the past
    12 months of reviews ?

    > But I already know what a Mac
    > looks like.

    So why ask the question ?

    > I have a number of pre-Power Macs.

    So therefore you do _not_ know what a contemporary Macintosh looks like.

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