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Your kidding, right?
Okay... where do I start?
I hope this isn't a troll, but I'm taking it seriously.
The original Mac and MS Windows GUIs were very much the same, with, of course, the underlying technology very different.

The statement : "To start with, the Mac only has a single mouse button and lacks the right click for properties ..." only shows that your too young to remember or don't remember the fact that MS Windows and Macs BOTH had single buttons.
The one button and two button mouses are not really an important issue. For informations sake, anyone can open up the "right click" menu on a MAC by holding down the buttom for a bit longer than a click, then BOING menu (now that I think of it; I haven't actually tried this in OSX so if it change, someone let me know). The single button was retained for simplicity and appearance.
Let's see:

the default Mac task bar was at the top; MS Windows at the bottom
Mac had a trash bin, MS Windows has a recycle bin
Macs double clicked an item to open, MS windows double clicked an item to open.

As for the Linux programs, people don't really need the dangerous APIs and VBA scripting. They can do their own scripting, or better yet, just take the open source programs and change them to their needs. I don't think the end users are going to be crying over the lack of VB scripting.
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Interesting.....  Kamakazii | 10/05/04
Re: Interesting  alterego_z | 10/05/04
windows NV (no virii)?  Richard Flude | 10/05/04
no training is needed for a OS  V Sanders | 10/06/04
Must have been setup well..  d_jedi | 10/06/04
.. a few other quibbles..  d_jedi | 10/06/04
I'm sure AT&T will take these into consideration.  Laff | 10/06/04
Re: AT  d_jedi | 10/06/04
Uh... yes it does.  Linux User 147560 | 10/06/04
Does it?  d_jedi | 10/06/04
Then change it...  Linux User 147560 | 10/06/04
Well like in your previous posts and response to me  Laff | 10/06/04
Thank you, Linux user..  d_jedi | 10/06/04
No problem!  Linux User 147560 | 10/06/04
Oops..  d_jedi | 10/06/04
OK...let's rehash.  Cardinal_Bill | 10/06/04
re: OK...let's rehash.  d_jedi | 10/06/04
re:interesting  ickusslime@... | 10/05/04
Retraining, Retraining!! They don't need no stinkin' Retrainin' !  el1jones | 10/05/04
MS didn't copy Mac  StorageGuru | 10/06/04
Right Click  mrlinux | 10/06/04
MS DID Copy the Mac Interface  jacarter3 | 10/06/04
Your kidding, right?  el1jones | 10/06/04
Why stay with the limited capabilities of VBScript?  Linux User 147560 | 10/06/04
Correct!  Zooomy | 10/06/04
They have to "retrain" anyway  IT_User | 10/05/04
Evan "IF" what you say is true...Isn't the benefits of  Laff | 10/06/04
Not too big of a story.  doe_z | 10/05/04
Gee AT&T spokesman appears at odds with the comments of the CIO  Richard Flude | 10/05/04
The quote about not having to switch was from the CIO...  Anton Philidor | 10/06/04
Faint hope  StorageGuru | 10/06/04
Wow you're right;-)  Richard Flude | 10/06/04
No matter how one trys to SPIN this it is big  Laff | 10/06/04
Lets not forget.  doe_z | 10/06/04
It does seem that the people that should know about  Laff | 10/06/04
Can't sue AT&T over System V infringement  StorageGuru | 10/06/04
Agreed, diversifying is key to security. NT  dave95 | 10/06/04
Can you elaborate on this please?  seosamh_z | 10/06/04
hmmm, it only seems natural  dave95 | 10/06/04
companies like this want to install bare bones pc's with only apps agents  V Sanders | 10/06/04
Mac costs  Roger Ramjet | 10/06/04
Here I think...  doe_z | 10/06/04
TCOO  sjohns14@... | 10/06/04
and?  doh123 | 10/06/04
Mass adoption  supoman | 10/06/04
Clue 1 - Corps don't buy $499 specials  ITGuy04 | 10/06/04
Wasn't the cost of hardware that drove us to PCs  YuridaMan | 10/06/04
Hardware cost essentially a wash  markdoc.geo | 10/07/04
Does it really cost as much?  emiliosic | 10/07/04
This Is Only The Beginning.....  itanalyst | 10/06/04
First we get the power! Then we get the WOMEN!!!  Laff | 10/06/04
Now that's an inspiring headline.  Anton Philidor | 10/06/04
You would think . . .  Roger Ramjet | 10/06/04
Selective targeting  Anton Philidor | 10/06/04
I don't know Anton....Perhaps you are introducting  Laff | 10/06/04
Bet you weren't discussing O-S-X  Anton Philidor | 10/06/04
Personally I think generalizations always fail  Laff | 10/06/04
could care less  dlevesqu | 10/06/04
AT&T is extremely myopic, the future lies consolidated  HypnoToad | 10/06/04
Only time will tell this tale.......:)  Laff | 10/06/04
Switching is no idle threat  Chad_z | 10/06/04
I wonder if the EU commision can read?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
I'll be blunt  Darkintent | 10/06/04
So will I.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
It's curious...  jacarter3 | 10/06/04
I see your mistake...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
Wrong again  Fred Fredrickson | 10/06/04
Who's fault is that?  seosamh_z | 10/06/04
What fault?  jacarter3 | 10/07/04
Not statistically relevant!  B.O.F.H. | 10/06/04
Don't tell me, tell Munich.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
15,000 desktops will not change the statistic much!  B.O.F.H. | 10/06/04
And here you made such a big deal about it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
No such claim was made!  B.O.F.H. | 10/06/04
Yes but...  seosamh_z | 10/06/04
Ah but the point is...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
However...  John L. Ries | 10/06/04
I wonder if you can think?  Fred Fredrickson | 10/06/04
Simply put  michael-t | 10/06/04
Well not exactly.  Cardinal_Bill | 10/06/04
Irony  PMDubuc | 10/06/04
Actually no.  seosamh_z | 10/06/04
Re: Actually no.  PMDubuc | 10/07/04
Makes sense  John L. Ries | 10/06/04
It's OK ...  michael-t | 10/06/04
AT&T could be floating this to get a break from MS  robmill | 10/07/04

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