Re: no holy war

From: joshua copel (joshua.copel@yale.edu)
Fri Jun 1 12:54:27 2001


Terry,

I'll answer nicely. With so much web based stuff, it matters less & less what platform one uses. I can open PC formatted disks on my Mac, and with easy translation programs convert any data or image files I want to Mac format. In fact, currently to make slides I take a PC format disk to our R4 Telemedicine PC, copy JPEG image files then put the disk in my Mac and open the images with PhotoShop, edit and drop into PowerPoint (which was originally a Mac program). I can save the slide show files in PC format on my Mac if I want and show on a PC (will probably have to do that for ISUOG in Australia).

You see, I answered without any references to not supporting the Evil Empire (AKA MicroSoft). In the end, part of what has made viruses so devastating has been the uniformity of operating systems. Its kind of like genetics: if there isn't enough heterogeneity diseases can break out. Hybrid vigor works in reproduction and would be healthy in computing. Per my comments above we have more opportunity for that to occur now than in the past. Not just Mac, but LINUX etc. Vive la diffences.

Off soapbox,

Josh Copel

>
> Egaarrr! I knew this would raise it's ugly head again.... NO to APPLES!!
> True, MOST viruses don't affect Macs... know why? Because Macs just aren't
> compatible with most of the world.... that is why they only have about 15%
> of the PC market. You'll need all new software... all new everything!
>
> Sorry Josh... just couldn't let that one pass.... ;-)
>
> Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS, Assistant Professor




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