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..."