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From: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Lies, lies, you're telling us lies...
Message-ID: <539@sagpd1.UUCP>
Date: 17 Nov 89 15:47:18 GMT
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Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
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In article <24106@cup.portal.com> Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes:
>
>   I too was SHOCKED by the misinformation being spread by computer retailers
>Is there NO integrity in the market place?????  What about replying to each
>of the points in question individually with the CORRECT information and
>spreading that???  It would probably take a group effort to get all the
>facts straight, but might it not be worth it?  Heck, Commodore should come
>out with a fact sheet, COMMON MYTHS (you could take the 'lies' verbatim)
>and truthful rebuttals/answers and let the dealers have 'em, so when people
>come in with these incorrect notions, they can get it out on the table.
>   If you haven't read this article (December issue), you probably should.
>                                          Julie (LadyHawke)
>Some choice excerpts (wow, watch where you step ...)

    Here is one that Atari was spreading at Comdex:

    "The Amiga doesn't have multitasking, it is only a trick of some
    programs"


    I guess they never quit.
    Monty Saine











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