RE: [WinMac] Enough Evangelizing

Nieuwland, Pascal(pnieuwla[at]crdnl.jnj.com)
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:32:00 +0100

     Rodger Ling wrote:
     -
     This has been said before, but I did not think advocacy of one
     platform was the purpose of this list. The gentleman who asked for
     "every reason we could think of to go Macintosh" should have referred
     elsewhere, or at least answered in private.
     -
      
Well, well...

As far as I know this is a list for people working in mixed-platform
environments, so I don't see any reason to prohibit people asking for
arguments on which platform is best for a specific purpose (and why), even
if they state their own preference in the request.
      
     -
     It depresses me greatly when closed-minded debates about which OS is
     superior are encouraged. Most of the arguments on both sides, in my
     opinion, are based more on emotion than fact, and the "facts" that do
     exist are generally based on outdated information and experiences.
     Personally, I'd rather spend my time learning something new rather
     than rehashing old dogma.
     -
      
There has been no debate on this subject, now has there? Just some people
giving tips on where to find info on a requested subject.
As for arguments being based on emotion more than facts, there are people
on this list who have years of experience on both of the platforms, so I
think they could have some usefull comments on which platform is -in their
opinion- the best for a particular purpose, and why.

For those who have an open mind, there's always something new to learn. And
for those who do not, there always a subject line so you don't have to read
other people's opinions.

Kind regards,

Pascal Nieuwland
Macintosh systems administrator, Worldwide
Packaging Technology
Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson company
Per address:
Oosteinde 8
9301 LJ Roden
The Netherlands
email: pnieuwla@crdnl.jnj.com
      

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Subject: [WinMac] Enough Evangelizing
Author: ,Rodger Ling [SMTP:rling@cdc.net] at NCSBEEXT01
Date: 1999/02/02 22:20

Rodger Ling
This has been said before, but I did not think advocacy of one platform was
the purpose of this list. The gentleman who asked for "every reason we
could think of to go Macintosh" should have referred elsewhere, or at least
answered in private.
      
It depresses me greatly when closed-minded debates about which OS is
superior are encouraged. Most of the arguments on both sides, in my
opinion, are based more on emotion than fact, and the "facts" that do exist
are generally based on outdated information and experiences. Personally,
I'd rather spend my time learning something new rather than rehashing old
dogma.
      
   --Rodger
      
Rodger Ling
Manager, Microcomputer Support
Instructional & Computing Support Services
Department 4304
The Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Rodger-Ling@utc.edu
(423) 755-4000
http://www.utc.edu/helpdesk
http://www.cdc.net/~rling/home.htm
      
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