Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!fluke!moriarty From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Some End-of-year Thank-Yous for the Mac community Message-ID: <177@oracle.tc.fluke.COM> Date: Sun, 14-Dec-86 22:23:24 EST Article-I.D.: oracle.177 Posted: Sun Dec 14 22:23:24 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 20:45:57 EST Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 47 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 INTERNET: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.EDU Manual UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, allegra, sb6, lbl-csam}!fluke!moriarty CREDO: You gotta be Cruel to be Kind... <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>