APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc_at_conman.org>
Date: Mon May 6 23:16:12 2002

It was thus said that the Great Richard Erlacher once stated:
>
> so ... what conclusion should one draw from this? When the Apple guys spelled
> it differently, what did they change?

  The apple you eat is a McIntosh (no `a', `I' capitalized) and is named
after the farmer that first grew them. The Apple you compute on is the
Macintosh (includes `a', the `i' is not capitalized).

  Why Apple Computer changed the spelling, I don't know.

  -spc (Maybe to please some lawyers or something ... )
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 23:16:12 BST