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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.voicenet.com!news2.noc.netcom.net!noc.netcom.net!ixnews1.ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: Aristophanes <scribe@netcom.ca> Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.mac,alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly Subject: Re: The PC Mac Holy war Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 12:29:52 -0700 Organization: Netcom Lines: 16 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <31939930.5F8C@netcom.ca> References: <---0405961742330001@dyna-37.net7b.io.org> <david-0705960551500001@ts1dl40.escape.ca> <318F5C58.4BBF@rss.dl.nec.com> <4mo939$h3@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> <4mr8um$qnb@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu> <4mti25$ooh@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> <4muelm$jrd@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: van-bc4-29.netcom.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Fri May 10 2:27:57 PM CDT 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K, Mactified!) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.mac:4373 alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:39690 comp.os.linux.advocacy:48889 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:127828 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:24328 comp.os.msdos.misc:55235 comp.os.os2.advocacy:201020 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:8971 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:105449 comp.sys.next.advocacy:35257 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:3450 comp.unix.advocacy:20385 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:19138 comp.unix.bsd.misc:997 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3577 comp.unix.machten:2492 comp.unix.pc-clo ne.16bit:831 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9357 comp.unix.shell:32707 comp.unix.solaris:68518 comp.unix.user-friendly:3767 Andrew Milleville wrote: > : 2) Win95 hasn't even been around for a year and it already has five > : times the software of Mac. > > Show me an application (except a game) than you can get on a pc that I > can't find the equilivalent of for mac. Visual Basic. Apple itself has said it needs something like this, so i went gangbusters after Denali as a cross-platform thing called Denali, now delayed. And if you answer AppleScript and HyperCard, I'll pre-respond by saying they're not PowerMac native and not up to the task of filling this void.