Thursday, August 19, 2004
Mac Fans Flame RealNetworks
Posted by Kent Pribbernow in "NEWS" @ 09:00 PM
"A campaign and petition to get music fans to support the company's (Real) open stance--hasn't worked out quite as it might have hoped, after some people besieged the petition with obscenities and anti-RealNetworks postings..."
I know many of you will find this sort of behavior shocking as Mac users are renowned for their calmness and warm personalities. :P
This is an example of why I sometimes hate the Mac community, which is populated by impish juveniles and raving zealots. These people will attack anything this isn't Apple. In this case, RealNetworks is the latest victim of the Mac jihad. If these idiots had any rational sense about them they would realize that much of what RealNetworks is trying to do is actually good for them and consumers. But no...we have to resort to name calling and flaming. And they call PC users lemmings? :roll:
I know many of you will find this sort of behavior shocking as Mac users are renowned for their calmness and warm personalities. :P
This is an example of why I sometimes hate the Mac community, which is populated by impish juveniles and raving zealots. These people will attack anything this isn't Apple. In this case, RealNetworks is the latest victim of the Mac jihad. If these idiots had any rational sense about them they would realize that much of what RealNetworks is trying to do is actually good for them and consumers. But no...we have to resort to name calling and flaming. And they call PC users lemmings? :roll:
