Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!mailrus!uwmcsd1!nic.MR.NET!como!pwcs!ems!rosevax!rose3!merlyn From: merlyn@rose3.rosemount.com (Brian Westley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Microsoft cuts corners, actually Message-ID: <429@rose3.rosemount.com> Date: 15 Aug 88 15:16:48 GMT References: <7988@cup.portal.com> <5832@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <9713@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Reply-To: merlyn@rose3.UUCP (Brian Westley) Organization: Rosemount Inc., Burnsville, MN Lines: 22 Earle R. Horton writes: [description of microsoft software crashes] > How do they (Apple) do this? You either have to believe that >MicroSoft delibrately takes shortcuts which they know will compromise >the future integrity of their software, or that Apple Computer Company >does not fully document their operating system, perhaps even >internally. I know what I believe... Well, MicroSoft deliberately takes shortcuts. Really. Excel needs to be loaded in the first 1 meg of RAM to run (last I heard). Their free MacroMaker was evaluated as "not worth it" by many netters because it screws up. There is PLENTY of software written LONG AGO that runs under multifinder, on wider screens (or under SteppingOut), on Apple's weird multi-screen arrangement, etc. Microsoft really DOES write crappy software, which is why I refuse to buy any of their junk. They have said they want to be the IBM of software, and they are well on their way... Merlyn LeRoy