Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!jac From: jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: comp.sys.apple2.d (CALL FOR DISCUSSION) Message-ID: Date: 7 May 90 19:59:59 GMT References: <16166@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM> <11759@netcom.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 29 lyle@netcom.UUCP (Lyle Fong) > In reply to Jonathan Chandross's response to the discussion of > Apple IIs vs. the other computers, I find it more irritating that > there is very little facts known about the Apple II.. and it being > wracked on all the time. Is there something wrong with defending > a good computer? If we don't stand up for it, who will? I don't see > people complaining about the Mac users who barge in here and > put down the Apple II? Why then, for fellow II users who are just > trying to defend an about-to-be-history computer? The Mac people would be relegated to comp.lang.apple2.d as well. The only postings allowed in comp.lang.apple2 would be technical ones, not "my computer is better than your computer" and "my plans for the Apple II". As far as "defending a good computer" goes, this is all bullshit. It changes nobody's mind and just clutters up the newsgroup. You aren't going to have your opinion changed and neither is the other guy. Your defense is not interesting, not wanted, useless, and generally not read. It just wastes bandwidth and takes up space. If you persist in treating the newsgroup like some junior-high BBS the quality will degrade to the point that it is useless. That point has almost been reached. Jonathan A. Chandross Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac