Re: FCC Orders All TV's To Have Digital Tuners By 2007

[Larry Weil <kc1ih@mac.com>]

At 12:56 PM 8/9/02 -0400, Aaron [Bishop] Read wrote:

>Over 90% of all desktop PC's are running Microsoft Windows of some 
>sort.  Macs are not in the running and haven't been for years.  They are a 
>niche operating system that is fabulous for multimedia and similar work 
>but overall they are useless as "general PC's".

That's what Microsoft would like you to believe.  There are millions of 
people out there running Mac's as general PC's.  They are quite good at any 
number of tasks, depending on the software that is installed.  And despite 
the rumors, there is not a shortage of available Mac software.  There are 
over 30,000 current titles of Mac software available.

What Microsoft has done is to spawn a generation of computer "experts" who 
only know one system.  Kinda like a language expert who only knows 
English.  Of course, such a person is not going to promote something which 
would disturb his complacency.

You may notice that I am posting this from a computer running Windows NT 
.  That's because it's what the company has chosen to use in Master 
Control.  But, there are a number of Mac's running on the station's LAN, 
and there have been no problems integrating them with the network.  All 
Mac's have built in Ethernet, And it's just a matter of installing the 
Novel client for Mac to make them talk to the rest of the network.  Same as 
they have to do on the cheaper Windows machines, to which they also have to 
add NIC cards and install the appropriate drivers.

That may be what it comes down to.  Windows is cheaper, but it may be a 
case of you get whatcha pay for.  Kinda like analog vs digital TV.  How's 
that for getting back on topic?  :-)


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Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH