Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ws0n+ From: ws0n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Walter Ray Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: IBM did it first Message-ID:Date: 7 May 88 08:47:51 GMT References: , <4541@super.upenn.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: <4541@super.upenn.edu> > *Excerpts from: 6-May-88 Re: IBM did it first Josh Hodas@eniac.seas.up (2876)* > My understanding is that > they are afraid that people will pick ugly, amateurish, and garrish color > combinations that will make the Mac II look bad to others. Strangely enough, many people I know who have color monitors and Kolor have picked ugly, amateurish, and garish color combinations that make their Macs look ridiculous. The editors of InfoWorld are included in this group--as are plenty of software developers. Remember the pre-release Color More screen with the purple scroll bars? What you say makes some sort of sense. Apple does seem to have more 'corporate aesthetic sense' than most computer manufacturers, which makes me wonder where the Extended Keyboard came from... However, I tend toward the simpler solution. Why _should_ they provide printer drivers for arbitrary third-party printers? Isn't that what the third parties are for? > *Excerpts from: 5-May-88 Re: IBM did it first Terence David Murphy@and (8513)* > Example: about two years ago Toyota > recalled the Tercels from a couple of years of manufacturering to replace the > ignition system because it had shown to be defective and could become a very > expensive thing to fix if it went out. They did this at no cost, and the fan > seems like the exact same situation. Toyota knows how to handle situations > like this and keep customer satisfaction, Apple just needs to learn things > like this. You're comparing a noisy fan to a defective ignition system? No, you're saying they're precisely equivalent. Hmmm. Anyway, keep in mind the other side of the story. When color monitors were not shipping as promised, people bought monochrome monitors in the interim and Apple later replaced them with color monitors at no charge. So maybe they're not total bozos. - Walt