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That's odd what you say about government. I've been having to file stuff with the government for close to two decades and that's why we originally got rid of the Apples. None of the government agencies could interact with the Apple computers.

The schools used to use them quite a bit but that changed about 10 years ago for the same reason.

My opinion about Apple is that they are frequently the first but rarely the best. Keeping their source code secret is one of the big things has kept them a niche (5% market share) computer.



I'm talking about decades ago, a computer was very expensive. At the time my ex worked for the Ks. legislature as a research analysis, she made recomendations to go Apple type sysstems, it was heavily influenced by acedemics in the state. I don't think younger people fully appreciate the long term tech advancements and the economics in computers. When I first got out of school in the mid 70s, I production scheduled a huge food processing plant, that only shut down one shift a week 7/24, with a calculator, a pencil and a paper spreadsheet. I was always on call to make corrections. I imagine now that job has been replaced with a cheap PC.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. H. L. Mencken