[arachne] Follow the Apple bunch ?? was Re: handheld printer

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Hi Jason, Glenn G.,
          It is my opinion that Apple devotees think
just like the Windows devotees.  The Apple
bunch just have allegence to another brand.
They are composed mostly of individuals who
don't care what the file extension is or what
the extension means. They are just interested
in what key to push to get a final result. The
computer to them is just another appliance 
like a TV . Oops, not exactly correct....they
would rather click on an icon than press a key !

   I have no desire to follow in their footsteps !!!            

Eric


On Sun, 24 May 2009 21:48:19 -0400 Jason <jasorn@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> >
> > You know, something that most of us on this list forget about is 
> the economics involved with tech gadgets, peripherals included.  We 
> salvage stuff, by flea market bargains, dumpster dive, etc., 
> so....how can we possibly expect OEMs to cater to our very 
> specialized needs?  The ROI just isn't there to justify the expense 
> of supporting some of our gadgets.  Plus, if you want to see an OEM 
> go bankrupt, convince them to forego 90 percent of possible 
> market/sales and forget about getting their gadget "Certified for 
> Windows".
> > One final thought...in the Mac club, you rarely see complaints 
> about Apple "no longer supporting the Mac 6,7" etc, no bitching 
> about lack of drivers for the old Apple Lisa...the users EXPECT to 
> totally and completely replace their Mac hardware and software, not 
> carrying 25 yrs plus of baggage with them to the new Mac OS.
> > Perhaps we in the old PC club expect too much??  I don't know, but 
> I sometimes wonder.
> >   
> Na, the apple model is worse in my opinion. 
> 
> The bitching isn't about the lack of drivers(well some bitch about 
> that).  Rather it's about the lack of specs so the community can 
> create 
> drivers.  Then again they'll reverse engineer it if it comes to 
> that.
> 
> Yeah, apple owner are nuts.

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