rabbit@buster2.Michigan.COM (Dr. Roger Rabbit) (05/04/91)
In article <11767@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ata@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Don Dodson) writes: ^^In article <3629@borg.cs.unc.edu> kimy@strauss.cs.unc.edu (Yong-Mi Kim) writes: ^^>So in two years, I will be slim and trim and have straight teeth. ^^>"Improves your marketability," quoth my younger brother. ^^ ^^This is not a sex for money exchange. ^^ ^^And then again... ^^ Nope. There are certain things that you can't do with braces on. It inflicts too much pain. But, hey - if you're into that kind of thing... By the way, there is a new scam out: Forcing people to buy Windows 3.0 in order to use certain software. I went into my local Egghead to get Pagemaker 4.0 and they guy says, "you do have Windows 3.0, don't you?" I said "no - why?" He replied, "Well, you need it to run PageMaker". Then the guy tries to sell me a mouse saying, "You'll need that too". I say "shove it - I'll stick with PFS: FP 1.0" Hey, it ain't pretty, but it works. Windows sucks, and they know it so they try to force it down our throats anyways. Give me X any day!! Maybe when PageMaker for XENIX/ Sun/OS comes out next month, I'll get that instead. -- >>> BAN: Nuclear Power, US Intervention in The Gulf, Toxic Waste, >>> rdc, carasso, Trash Incinerators, Nuclear Weapons, Poverty, >>> Racism, Kent Paul Dolan, Specieism, etc... Write: Rabbits for a Better >>> Hutch, Roscommon, MI 48653 E-MAIL: rabbit@Buster.Michigan.COM
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In article <9300@buster2.Michigan.COM>, rabbit@buster2.Michigan.COM (Dr. Roger Rabbit) writes: > By the way, there is a new scam out: Forcing people to buy Windows 3.0 > in order to use certain software. I went into my local Egghead to get > Pagemaker 4.0 and they guy says, "you do have Windows 3.0, don't you?" > I said "no - why?" He replied, "Well, you need it to run PageMaker". > Then the guy tries to sell me a mouse saying, "You'll need that too". Why is your complaint solely against PageMaker 4.0? I'm waiting for you to complain against Excel. Without Windows 3.0, how else can Aldus make the PC version look a little like their MAC version? The "scam", as you call it, has been in existence since Windows 3.0 came out. Think about it. How else can you run Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows and Crosstalk for Windows? > > I say "shove it - I'll stick with PFS: FP 1.0" Hey, it ain't pretty, but > it works. Windows sucks, and they know it so they try to force it down > our throats anyways. Give me X any day!! Maybe when PageMaker for XENIX/ > Sun/OS comes out next month, I'll get that instead. Who is forcing you to buy Windows? Aldus? Microsoft? Considering a lot of people have bought it, they don't need to force it down your throat. Your X costs about $500 for the PC as I was told. Compare that to Window's cost of $89. > > > > -- >>>> BAN: Nuclear Power, US Intervention in The Gulf, Toxic Waste, >>>> rdc, carasso, Trash Incinerators, Nuclear Weapons, Poverty, >>>> Racism, Kent Paul Dolan, Specieism, etc... Write: Rabbits for a Better >>>> Hutch, Roscommon, MI 48653 E-MAIL: rabbit@Buster.Michigan.COM -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Santanu Sircar BITNET: ssircar@umaecs.bitnet | | University of Massachusetts/Amherst INTERNET: ssircar@ecs.umass.edu | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
ssl@hpkslx.mayfield.HP.COM (SSL Guest User) (05/08/91)
You call it a "scam" because you need Windows 3 to run software written for Windows 3? Extending that logic implies the sale of all software is a scam because you must first purchase a computer. Nobody is forcing you to buy PageMaker 4.0. It just so happens it was written to work under Windows 3 (like a shitload of other software apps). I also have my doubts whether you've formed on objective opinion of Windows since you obviously don't own it. see ya, Thomas thomas@hpssl40.mayfield.hp.com
tanu@beach.csulb.edu ( Tanu Kartawiria) (05/20/91)
A "Scam" because you need Windows 3.0 to run PM? Well, I wonder what you call buying a DOS. You need DOS to run all your programs, don't you? Please, be careful when you make an irresponsible claim on the net.!
ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) (05/21/91)
tanu@beach.csulb.edu ( Tanu Kartawiria) writes: >A "Scam" because you need Windows 3.0 to run PM? >Well, I wonder what you call buying a DOS. You need DOS to run >all your programs, don't you? >Please, be careful when you make an irresponsible claim on the net.! Lighten up! The man has stated his opinion, he did not make an 'irresponsible claim'. He may not be as well informed as others on some applications; he might even be a newcomer to Usenet news, as well. Your 'advice' has an authoritarian ring to it, authority I do not think you possess or understand. Ah, but that is just another's opinion. Eric -- Eric Sheppard Georgia Tech | "Of course the US Constitution isn't Atlanta, GA | perfect; but it's a lot better than what ARPA: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.edu | we have now." -Unknown uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!ce1zzes