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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 14:13:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: "J. Ferrell - WebPress" <ferrell@enterprise.withheld.net>
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Subject: HUMOR: Macsbug and BeOs (fwd)
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>From owner-humor@lists.gateway.com Wed Sep 4 13:38:30 1996
From: "withheld C. L'withheld" <dcl@clearlight.com>
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Subject: HUMOR: Macsbug and BeOs (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 13:35:27 -0400 (EDT)
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A friend at Apple forwarded this to me. Enjoy!
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| I thought you might find this amusing...
|
| >Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm, comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
| >
| >Concerning the matter of freeze-ups and odd system crashes, I hear that
| >having MacsBug may help you to recover from such things. This is OK for
| >now, but what if Apple buys Be, as has been rumored? The BeBox will be
| >secreted into the MacBox to create a black box sort of like the NeXT box,
| >called the BoxBox, and work right out of the box. But as I was saying,
| >MacsBug may help you out, but only if you can figure out how to use it.
| >I'd say wait for OS 8, when it will either become OpenBug, CyberBug or, if
| >Navigator is incorporated into Cyberdog to become NaviDog or CyberGator,
| >NaviBug--unless Apple does buy Be, and it becomes BeBug, or it combines
| >with BBEdit to become BBBug.
| >
| >And isn't it interesting that Apple may seek to buy Be to make Be into
| >Copland, but no mention of Steve Jobs and Next, which could result in
| >NextDog or CyberBe--I mean, NextTransportBeDoc, but I guess Next can't be
| >Be [of course, maybe Microsoft will buy NeXT and create the
| >SoftBox--unless the makers of SoftPC, SoftWindows, and SoftHardDrive join
| >forces and sue--to compete with Apple's faux-BeBox]. In any case, I'll
| >still advertise in the BtoB, unless BBEdit merges with the BtoB to Be or
| >not to Be BBtoBEdit, then buys out Be before Apple does and releases
| >BeBBtoBEdit. We'll see.
-- withheld C. L'withheld dcl@clearlight.com http://www.clearlight.com/~dcl
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