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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Some End-of-year Thank-Yous for the Mac community
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Date: Sun, 14-Dec-86 22:23:24 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 14 22:23:24 1986
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After another year of owning a Mac (my 512K machine was upgraded
to a Mac+ this summer), I thought it time to deliver a few
thank-you kudos to people, organizations and things who had made
1986 a bit easier to Mac in.

First of all, gratitude to all the people who've produced software
(be it freeware, shareware or commercial) and hardware that works
reliably and is enjoyable & easy to use.  This includes SuperMac
(for their Dataframe 20), MindScape (for GraphicWorks), Silicon
Beach (for SuperPaint), Enabling Technologies (for Pro 3D), PBI
Software (for HFS Locator +), David Dunham (for DiskInfo), Steve
Dagley (for ViewPaint 1.1), Leo Laporte (for QDial), Lonnie
Anderson (For VersaTerm), and Microsoft (for MS Works and, from
the preview I saw last week, probably MS Word 3.0).

MacConnection, THE finest mail-order business I have ever dealt
with.  Always pleasant, reasonably-priced, prompt in mailing --
and straight-forward in telling you when you'll get it.  I have
never heard word one against them; I cannot recommend them highly
enough.

Neil Shapiro, for his timely and to-the-point editorials in
MacUser.  Ric Ford for his notes on Delphi and in MacInTouch. 
Whoever's responsible for the changes in MacWorld over the last
few months (you'd hardly know it was the same magazine, except for
the ugly pastel artwork).  Chuq Von Rospach, for his advice and
good cheer.  And *especially* to the moderator of mod.mac and the
Delphi Journals posted there, who has consistently kept
interesting and helpful discussions a mainstay of that newsgroup.

Last and definately not least, all those of you who've given me
aid and advice through a flurry of Macintosh programs.  It would
appear to this unexperienced user that the Macintosh not only has
the best user interface of any PC, but also the best user
community.  Joyeux Noel, Y'all.

                                        "And I heard Jeff exclaim,
                                         as they strolled out of sight,
                                         `Merry Christmas to all
                                          -- you take credit cards, right?'"

                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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