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The Miheer Mafatlal Chat

Miheer Mafatlal, as usual, was well in time for his appointment in the com:port. Though widely regarded to be a Mac fanatic, he was surprisingly calm and open-minded about Macs being compared to PCs; something which is anathema to most Mac users.

He wasn’t out to convert people into Apple bigots and agreed that computers, like all tools, must be gauged only by their ease of use and efficiency.

The chat began with Miheer agreeing to tell a joke, then suddenly swung to some nastiness as the PC gang began drew out the long knives.

But Miheer’s extremely common sense approach contained them and the issue was debated in a gentlemanly fashion:



pc (Wed Oct 23 22:01:23 1996 IST):

hi! techno's


ashok (Wed Oct 23 22:10:31 1996 IST):

Hi folks


netman (Wed Oct 23 22:17:02 1996 IST):

hi! guys


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:17:55 1996 IST):

Helloooooooooo !!


Sanjay (Wed Oct 23 22:18:18 1996 IST):

Hi! Say what's time is Mihir gonna log in?


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:18:33 1996 IST):

This is so slow ..... and the live chat hasn't even BEGUN !


netman (Wed Oct 23 22:18:38 1996 IST):

y ain't u guys sayin anythin


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:19:35 1996 IST):

Hi Sanjay, Netman, Ashok


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:20:19 1996 IST):

So where is everyone from ? I am in madras


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:20:36 1996 IST):

Hi Mayank


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:20:51 1996 IST):

Anyone here from Rediff ??


netman (Wed Oct 23 22:21:04 1996 IST):

man mayank hi!where r u based man


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:21:09 1996 IST):

Mayank: It gets faster than you can handle


Sanjay (Wed Oct 23 22:21:30 1996 IST):

Hi Mayank! I'm from Bangalore!


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:21:32 1996 IST):

Hi Netman


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:21:36 1996 IST):

H'lo Mouse. Where are you chatting from ?


Heena (Wed Oct 23 22:21:41 1996 IST):

Hi, people!


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:21:48 1996 IST):

Hi Netman


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:22:19 1996 IST):

Hi Heena


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:22:36 1996 IST):

Mayank :I'm in California


Sanjay (Wed Oct 23 22:22:36 1996 IST):

Mayank: Do you know anyone in Rediff?


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:22:47 1996 IST):

Mayank :I'm in California


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:22:49 1996 IST):

Sanjay : What are you doing in bangalore ? Chatting from a pub ? Netman ... madras, You ??


Nikhil Lakshman (Wed Oct 23 22:23:23 1996 IST):

Welcome, Mr Mafatlal, to com:port. It is good to have you on our Chat tonight. Have fun!


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:23:35 1996 IST):

I'm really looking forward to meeting Miheer


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:24:01 1996 IST):

Mouse : california ? great ... I should be in santa monica in december


Sanjay (Wed Oct 23 22:24:13 1996 IST):

Not really! I'm at home right now!Where are you chatting from?


Mouse (Wed Oct 23 22:24:24 1996 IST):

Mayank: so what do u do?


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:24:52 1996 IST):

Hmmmmm *looking around*


Heena (Wed Oct 23 22:25:18 1996 IST):

Hiya Mouse!


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:26:02 1996 IST):

Sanjay : I am still at work ... I do not have a graphics account at home yet. .... Mouse : I work in a Bank. You ?


Sanjay (Wed Oct 23 22:26:34 1996 IST):

I guess, three minutes to go if Mihir plans to be on time!


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:26:55 1996 IST):

Anyone from Rediff Listening in ?? You guys should have auto refresh like that in WBS Chat ! :)


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:27:52 1996 IST):

Sanjay, I've been listening for the last 2 minutes :-)


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:27:58 1996 IST):

I like this new Amitabh song ... Ek rahin Bir


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:28:40 1996 IST):

Hi Miheer .... welcome !! we guys have been waiting for you !


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:29:09 1996 IST):

This is still slow ... no ?


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:29:35 1996 IST):

Thank you for the welcome, sorry for havingkept you waiting


Heena (Wed Oct 23 22:29:37 1996 IST):

Nice number, that! Must say that Aby Baby is pretty good at marketing himself.


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:29:59 1996 IST):

Am I the only soul here ??? .... looking carefully ...


netman (Wed Oct 23 22:30:48 1996 IST):

ah! nikhil man what r u doing out here


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:31:26 1996 IST):

Heena : Yup. Considering I actrually bought the album after seeing the video on Channel V ... no I play it all the time.


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:31:26 1996 IST):

Hello everyone, please, excuse me if I type gibberish, not used to this keyboard :-)


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:32:37 1996 IST):

Miheer ... tell us a joke :)


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:32:56 1996 IST):

OK, if you heard this stop me


shome (Wed Oct 23 22:33:04 1996 IST):

Mayank..hi...unable to get in touch with you..check yr email re : last fax!


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:33:18 1996 IST):

God got really pissed and called three people up to heaven


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:33:37 1996 IST):

Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin and Bill Gates


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:34:05 1996 IST):

He told them that he was really angry at the world and that he was pulling the plug


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:34:21 1996 IST):

He told them to go back and tell their folowers


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:34:26 1996 IST):

Hey ... Shome are you logged in ????


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:34:46 1996 IST):

Bill Clinton went back called his cabinet and told them that he had good news and bad news


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:35:10 1996 IST):

the good news is that there really is a god


abacus (Wed Oct 23 22:35:10 1996 IST):

miheer, tell the joke in one go, this is sure way to go for a pj


netman (Wed Oct 23 22:35:23 1996 IST):

ah! man i think u have a problem a. u have a piece of junk in front of u b. or u may b having something that miheer has


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:35:36 1996 IST):

the bad news is that he is going to destroy the world


shome (Wed Oct 23 22:35:42 1996 IST):

Mayank..yes but only to send you that msg...sorry...and happy chatting! Bye....*poof*


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:36:14 1996 IST):

Icanttellthejokeinonegoothewiseitlllooklikethis :-)


MACTINTOSH (Wed Oct 23 22:36:25 1996 IST):

MIHEER: THE BAD NEWS IS THIS JOKE IS NEVERENDING*sob!!!!!sigh*


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:36:50 1996 IST):

Miheer : ....*still listening to the joke .... scrolling up & down desperetly*


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:36:55 1996 IST):

Boris called the assembly and told them that he had bad news and worse news


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:37:09 1996 IST):

the bad news is that we were wrong there is a god


cyberman (Wed Oct 23 22:37:17 1996 IST):

miheer, how can you say that mac will conquer the net-world?


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:37:26 1996 IST):

the worse news is that he is going to destroy the world


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:37:45 1996 IST):

Bill Gates called a board meeting


coco (Wed Oct 23 22:37:47 1996 IST):

Folks,I cant wait for the Mac defense to start..


Mac The Knife (Wed Oct 23 22:37:48 1996 IST):

CUT THE JAZZ MIHEER. GET TO BUSINESS. I SAY THE MAC IS ONLY WORTH KNIFING. HUH??


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:38:02 1996 IST):

and told them that he had good news and better news


abacus (Wed Oct 23 22:38:14 1996 IST):

cut the comedy because you can always split the words when using intel but i don't know about you guys


Bill Trotman (Wed Oct 23 22:38:22 1996 IST):

ON what basis, Mr Mafatlal, do you base your preposterous thesis?


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:38:30 1996 IST):

It is time for dinner .... I'm hungry


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:38:37 1996 IST):

the good news is that God thinks that I'm one of the three most important people in the world


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:38:54 1996 IST):

the better news is that we don't have to fix Windoze 95


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:39:00 1996 IST):

:-)


MACTINTOSH (Wed Oct 23 22:39:45 1996 IST):

EVERYONE GIVE MIHEER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND ASK HIM TO STOP JOKING...................please


Sadi (Wed Oct 23 22:39:52 1996 IST):

Hi all


netman (Wed Oct 23 22:40:00 1996 IST):

ah! miheer ,


Mayank (Wed Oct 23 22:40:06 1996 IST):

Mac the Knife : Hi .... How do you change colour in the msg ? *curious*


Miheer (Wed Oct 23 22:40:21 1996 IST):

cyberman, I'm not saying that the Mac will conquer the 'Net - I can't say "that it will" because it already has :-)


cyberman (Wed Oct 23 22:40:39 1996 IST):

miheer: let's get on the topic and start defending yourself!!!


abacus (Wed Oct 23 22:41:00 1996 IST):

whataboutborisyeltsin


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