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From: stewartw@warpdrive.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaWorld irritant
Message-ID: <7667@warpdrive.UUCP>
Date: 7 Dec 89 21:18:13 GMT
References: <89335.143415DDRAKE@AUVM.BITNET>
Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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   I certainly must add my agreement to the article which complains
about Doug Barney's attitude towards IBM and Macs.  I was about to
do the same myself.  AmigaWorld (no matter how much we dislike it)
is widely read, and will therefore, be held to represent the viewpoint
of the Amiga community.  Doug condemns IBM and Apple's preoccupation
with standards, and yet fails to recognize how important IFF has been
to the growth of desktop video on the Amiga.  There is a lot that both
Commodore and the Amiga community can learn, both good and bad, from
those two companies.  Rather than attacking those machines, it is better
notice where we are better (to keep that direction) and to adjust that
which is poorly directed.  Doug's comments came across as someone who is
very insecure and, by boasting, hopes to overcome that insecurity.

  Stewart Winter
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