. Mac alternatives
. Mac alternatives
- Subject: . Mac alternatives
- From: Randolph Marshall <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 23:42:11 -0400
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Amaya Gergoff B. wrote:
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Folks I don't know what is happening on your side of the world but here what
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I get is this comment:
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"Bienvenidos a (Welcome to) MSN Hotmail !!!
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The email address for the rest of us."
I have had hotmail since it started and would offer that it has been a far
more reliable service for me than .mac has over the past two years. (your
milage may vary) You can still to this day get a 2 mb free email address
from them an those of us who have used hotmail for years have enjoyed the
ability to read our email on the run - a feature Apple finally copied a few
months ago.
And unlike Apple, Microsoft has always treated me personally with great
courtesy and respect which makes me hold them in high regard as a company
that displays good ethics. (I know what other people say but my personal
experience has been wonderful)
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email@hidden wrote:
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I don't think anyone wants to pay money for this sort of thing but
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Apple isn't a charity and low end email and internet services are just
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a money pit.
Not necessarily. If done properly they are a great public relations tool.
An issue that concerns me and it also concerns a great many other people is
this whole .net/.mac initiative. I am looking to be free and less dependent
upon a net connection, and less chained to the computer.
For me, the Mac is a tool and a joy to work with, but with this new and
disturbing trend towards forced net participation is making me feel like I
am a prisoner and that my Mac is going to be a grinding stone size burden
that I must carry every day.
Everyone's services go out from time to time so if all your data is locked
up on a server somewhere that is scary - add to that the issue that all data
that exists outside of your computer is insecure and we have some very real
issues that end users must consider.
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Chris Kiltz wrote:
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> It's cheaper to get your own domain name, host it
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> somewhere & have your own email address!
Yep for $7 a month its common to get these features and more including your
own domain name:
250 MB Storage
250 POP3 Email Accounts
Yourname.com
Online Community
25 GB Transfer
FrontPage 2002 Ext.
WebStats
SSL, MySQL, PHP4
99.7% Uptime
24/7 FTP Access
Web-Based E-mail
Other issues that have come up that are of concern to potential .mac people
include:
1. Are we really sure our data is secure on Apple Servers?
2. Is there any spying on personal mail going on?
3. How secure is this from the government? Is Apple using Carnivour?
4. Can we now use these for business purposes now if we pay?
5. Data bandwidth - how much, does Apple respect end users and allow
downloads of popular stuff? Whats the limit on this kind of thing?
Amaya Gergoff B. wrote:
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...totally right, I know Apple is a company and since then, they need to
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make profits and do a lot more....
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the deal here is that the world is a mess itself and we will not punish
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Apple for that, but outside US even if we receive the same tool that you (US
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guys) some of them have limitations, and that is neither Apple fault
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itself...
There are easy ways to make money, keep your customers happy and loving you
and doing the right thing is one of them. I love Apple and I see them
seriously messing up which bumms me out because I can see how they should be
acting and what they should be doing that would bring them success.
The problem is that you can not have a viable discussion with people who
(think they) know everything and will not admit or recognize that they are
wrong. The first step to correcting a troublesome situation is to admit
that you have made a mistake, understand what that mistake was and then
after creating a full understanding of the issue, create a plan to over come
the problem and meticulously set that plan into motion - sticking to the
implemented plan until you have followed through the entire process and had
time to test and measure.
A lot of people are expressing frustration about this .mac thing. But I
think there is a greater issue to consider:
Apple has been nickling and diming its users to death. I can not tell you
the number of complaints I field about the cost of upgrades, Mac repair
problems, et all. Most of us would gladly pay Apple $129 for an upgrade if
it was worth it, but for those of us who have been using and helping Apple
to debug what is still even today at 10.1.5 beta software makes the end
users angry.
Yes, there should be a cut off point. And yes, I think that any early
adopter of Mac OS X if you participated in the Beta and bought the official
upgrade to 10.0 should get Jaguar free.
If you bought 10.0 you should get Jaguar for $30.
If you have bought a Mac in the past 9 mos. The upgrade should also be $30.
If you bought a Mac in the past 60 days it should be complete free (not even
any shipping costs). And most of all these terms should be very leniently
subscribed to so customers are happy.
If you buy a full version of 10.2 at $129 you should get your .mac account
free for a year AND you should get a pro license for QT 6.
Lastly there should be an easy subscription that costs $99 per year which
keeps ALL of your Apple software up to date and includes .mac. This cost
should be insured by Apple for US Customers for a specific period of time
like 3 years so Apple can begin to rebuild the trust that Apple's customers
have lost. Customers can not handle uncertainty, do not like being
disrespected and see that Apple is not appreciating it's faithful user base.
All this is leading to what could potentially be a devastating public
relations failure for Apple. Its pretty obvious even to a complete moron
that the Mac faithful have lost faith this week in Apple. I would like to
see Apple work to restore its once well deserved reputation.
My best,
Randy Marshall
Pres., CarolinaMUG.com
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