[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

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In article <6-OdnUWNLcohWy_SnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>On 5/15/2012 9:40 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article<YqadnQbVdK5g0yzSnZ2dnUVZ_vydnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert"<rgilbert88 at comcast.net>  writes:
>>> Turbo-Tax is not an MS product.  It's a product of "Intuit".  It does
>>> require Windows so I suppose you will have to "roll your own" to run
>>> under VMS.
>>
>>     It DOES NOT require Windows.  We've been running it on MacOS for over
>>     a decade.
>>
>
>Sorry, I don't do Mac.  When I went to buy a computer, I found that I 
>couldn't afford a Mac.  I bought the el cheapo X86 MS-DOS that I *could*
>afford!
>
>In a career spanning almost forty years, I managed to get about four 
>hours of "face time" with a Mac.
>
>It appeared, to me, that the graphic arts people loved the Mac and no 
>one else cared!

Well, I spend a lot of time around the music industry.  They've embraced
the Mac for Firewire support of Pro-interfaces and for its reliability.
I could tell you several horror stories about the gigs I've been working
where one of the artists was using WEENDOZE and had problems with it.  I
recall several that wound up cancelling the gig because the WEENDOZE box
was shitted!  Sorry but toys just don't cut it for real audio production
work!  Next month I'll do a 3 day live broadcast and I wouldn't think to
even try to use a WEENDOZE box.  CTRL-ALT-DEL every couple of hours just 
does not cut in the world of live performance!

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