Talk:Berkeley Systems

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"fooled the macintosh system into thinking the screen was bigger than it actually was"

Is this language unclear to anyone else?

Yes. I'd change it but I don't understand what it means. --Optichan 14:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MoveOn.org commentary.

Doesn't the additional commentary about MoveOn.org and it's effects on the 527 system seem unnecessary for an article about a software company?

  • I agree. That information is relevant to MoveOn.org and 2 software designers that went there, not to Berkeley Systems. It also comes across as promotional rather than informational. Moosephat 17:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
    • I disagree. The "2 software designers that went there" were the two founders of MoveOn, and in the interest of full disclosure, MoveOn's fans should know that its founders used to sue over some of the same tactics (satire, parody, etc) that MoveOn uses today. I rolled back the revision. If you don't like it, find a way to reword it, put it in the MoveOn article, but don't just chop stuff. Mscudder 09:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
      • The wording that it has now is not NPOV. In particular, placing either "fittingly" or "ironically" at the beginning of the 527 section is completely POV. Furthermore, stating that these two designers went to found MoveOn is fine, but trying to make a judgement ("fans should know") about their actions is, by definition, NPOV. I've removed the NPOV section again.


        • I agree with Mscudder even further but with some corrections. The people who founded MoveOn Wes Boyd and Joan Blades) were not "software designers" at Berkeley Systems; they were the founders and owners of Berkeley Systems. Of the two, only Wes was a programmer.

[edit] External Links

"Whatever happened to Berkeley Systems" link appears dead.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.12.107.145 (talk • contribs)

It's fine today.--Shantavira 12:44, 3 October 2006 (UTC)