On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 06:51:35 -0400, Davoud wrote:

I really don't mean to be unkind, but the post that started this
discussion was clearly labeled as being on-topic -- for Mac users only.
You are not a Mac user -- "Have seen a Mac" and "Have used a Mac" are
not the same as "Am a Mac user." The information in the original
article could not possibly have been of use to you, so I have no idea
why you left stargazing to join this thread in the first place.

I use lots of computers. The fact that for most of my work I prefer the
Windows/PC platform doesn't mean I don't use or know something about others. On
my network I also have a Mac and a Linux box, because I need to support both at
times. I'm a registered Apple developer. Right now I'm running Panther and I had
a nice visit with some Apple developers a couple of months ago when I came
across a real nasty file dialog bug in it (this is a beta, of course).

The information in the article was very interesting. I have designed a
sophisticated telescope control system/DSC. It integrates very well with TheSky
(Windows) and with any ASCOM compliant planetarium software. I'd also like to
provide at least some support for people using Macs, so any references to Mac
based astronomical software are useful. There were some apps there that I wasn't
familiar with.

Excuse me for responding to the original post (where I said that the Mac was a
good platform for scientific imagers- an on-topic post from a Mac user IMO).
Perhaps the thread should have been labeled "for Mac lovers only".

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