In article
>
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Stan Horwitz > wrote:

> In article >,
> "cybercat" > wrote:

> > (OE is no more, but "Windows Mail" is essentially the same thing--both mail
> > and news in the same interface, like OE.)

We've all had wonderful experiences here with Windows Mail. "How could
you post such a thing?". "I never posted that!". "Yes you did". In
every case, somebody was using Windows Mail, which doesn't quote, so
what one person posted was attributed to another. Thanks, MicroSoft!


> I am a Mac user,

I was a Mac user for a long time, both at work and at home. For some
years, I worked on an application that only ran on under Windows, so I
mostly used a PC then. I did occasional conversion work. I
particularly remember helping people who were switching from PC to Mac,
or vice versa. Switching to the Mac was trivial. In fact, most people
refused to believe me when I said that I was done. I hadn't taught them
anything! Going the other way caused a lot of hard feelings. They
sometimes got very angry at me. I would try to explain that IT didn't
decide that they should switch from Mac to PC, their boss had made that
decision. They often didn't believe me. Why would their boss screw
them over like that? Well, either their boss was more familiar with a
PC, or usually, they saw that they could save a few hundred dollars in
purchase cost.

I am retired now, and my wife and I use two Macs. The kids are in and
out, and my oldest son keeps a PC here (in fact, he lives here, although
he's only here a couple of days a week, and works four consecutive 24
hour shifts, and keeps his fancy PC at work in his bedroom).

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA