Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 02:06:48 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Macs Underground at Comdex Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better This tidbit is from: Scott Mckim In a recent e-mail discussion, a Unix programmer friend of mine made an interesting observation about just how prevalent Macs really are: "The Mac's benefits are an open secret in the industry. One of the dirtier little secrets at Comdex this year was just how many *Macs* were there. They weren't really visible... they were hidden behind the curtains. Vendors were using Macs running Office 98 to do their Powerpoint presentations, because they didn't trust PCs to be up and running and stable on such short notice. They had to hide it all behind the curtains, because they were pushing their PC software..." |