Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!caen.engin.umich.edu!srvr1!chrisl From: chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Who posts to this newsgroup? Message-ID: <1990Mar27.231751.10840@caen.engin.umich.edu> Date: 27 Mar 90 23:17 GMT References: <1990Mar27.201343.20122@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@caen.engin.umich.edu (Mr. Usenet) Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 48 In article <1990Mar27.201343.20122@Neon.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes: >Who posts to comp.sys.amiga? > >There are the people who love the Amiga, consider it the greatest >thing since sliced bread, spit on the Mac and IBM PC, and worship >at the shrine of the original custom-chip tower. These are the >most vocal defenders of the Amiga. They take cheap shots at other >computers, basing their claims on rumors or hearsay. > >There are the people who purchased the Amiga, love it, but are >worried that more powerful, faster machines are available, no matter >what the price, and are always pissed off at Commodore for `falling >behind'. These are the people behind most of the flames. I'm worried that more powerful, faster machines are available and that the price advantage is continually eroding, albeit fairly slowing at the moment. I don't think I've ever been pissed off at Commodore, though, except for one stretch in 1986, when I didn't have net.access anyway. Any flames from here are directed at the Barretts of the world... >Then there are the people who use the Amiga to quietly get work done. >Usually softspoken, they simply choose the machine that suits them the >best and don't get involved in competition over which machine is better. >Confident, secure in their decision, they are the backbone of the group, >providing the technical information and assistance that keep people >reading. I try not to get involved in those kinds of competitions, except when I see falsehoods being thrown around as truth. I try to help when I can, but I spend most of my time learning, and I don't think I qualify as a member of the "backbone" of the group. (OTOH, I don't think I'm part of its Achilles' heel, either.) >Where do you honestly see yourself? Humorous response: In a mirror, of course, Tom. Serious response: Part way between case 2 and case 3, hopefully with an emphasis on the facts and not on either pro- or anti-Amiga zealousness. >-tom -Chris -- Chris Lang, University of Michigan, College of Engineering +1 313 763 1832 4622 Bursley, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu WORK: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 900 Victors Way, Suite 226, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 +1 313 995 0300 "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson