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Subject: Re: Non-computer types should stick to politics

PeaceMac@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Subject: Non-computer types should stick to politics
> 
> >from euro-burmanet, paris
> >....the apple
> >machine is not invincible, neither their corporate strategy for doing
> >business in burma which we thoroughly protest here.
> 
> Just because Apple wants to sell Macs in Burma, and the people who happen to
> be in power are not the ones you like...
> 
> If somebody else is in charge, Apple will still be there to make money.
> That's called free enterprise. Isn't freedom what you are espousing?
> 
>  >>we had a quadra, 840 , still do, and everything in it, graphics and
> >>whatever, has blown and gone bad,
> 
> Obviously, you don't even know how to "point and click" or "drag and drop"
> for that matter. Even a 4-year-old can install software on a Macintosh. Your
> Quadra 840 is 4 years old and even cars need a tune up and an oil change
> periodically.
> 
> >>take it from us, and our unix people, apple, like our pachine,
> 
> OUR UNIX people loves Macintoshes; they have Silicon Graphics workstations on
> the left side and a Mac on the right side of their desks. And guess which
> machine gets used most of the time?
> 
> >is a dying company, they have already lost 4 billion market dollars >>this
> year,
> Apple is alive and well. From where did you get your figure?
> 
> Friends, we've been bombarded and spoon fed 'news' about Burma with no
> verification. People post 'news' at will and some will not tolerate opposing
> views. They reminds me of the group they are trying to discredit. There are
> many expatriates who are just as narrow-minded as you-know-what. There's a
> difference between objective criticism and fanaticism.
> 
> What has Apple Computer, the most innovative personal computer company, has
> to do with politics in Burma?
> 
> Non-technical people should stick to politics and not get involved with
> technical matters.
> 
> >>invest in pcs not apples
> It looks like someone in Burma knows a good computer when he/she sees one;
> too bad those 'enlightened' folks abroad can't see the light.

But they do have a point, why embrace a technology to train your people
and children on, if that technology will not prepare them to succeed in
the wider world ?  Mac's may be superior but they are not the machine of
choice in the business world.  Burmese citizens would be wise to learn
"open" technologies (IBM) and not waste time getting caught up in the
waneing Mac vrs Pc religious battle.

Sorry to have to be the one to enlighten you but the Mac / PC war is
over and the PC's have won :)  I know many Mac fanatics will not like
this post but that is the way I see it....  Care to poll the burmanet
participants to see how many are using Mac's ?

(don't feel bad, check out a windows 95 or NT machine.  You'll feel
right at home :)