Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!netcom!lyle From: lyle@netcom.UUCP (Lyle Fong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Why comp.sys.apple2.d Is Needed Keywords: diatribes and wasted bandwidth Message-ID: <11871@netcom.UUCP> Date: 9 May 90 03:10:15 GMT References: <11853@netcom.UUCP> Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 249-0290 guest} Lines: 34 In response to Jonathan Chandross's post; No, I am not 12 years old. Obviously, there are some people on here who would rather this newsgroup to be kept for completely techincal material, but there are others who would slightly more variety. When someone posts a simple message, he gets an elephant crawling down his back. It may be, that you are getting sick of these computer debates. Being new to Usenet, I saw some messages on the topic of these computer wars, specifically, people going towards IBM rather than the IIgs b not because it is a better computer, but because they think that since everyone else is using IBMs, the IBM must be better than the IIgs. I wanted to point out that that was not the case. You may think it was repetitive, but the fact that someone here thinks that the IIgs sucks shows that that the facts are not communicating properly. If you got offended by the post, there would be room for retaliation. But it seems you d just didn't want to waste your time reading something that someone thought was real important. If that was the case, why couldn't you just let it go? You tell me that I'm being childish, if you just look back at what you wrote, that kind of outbreak is not appreciated on the net either. You may think that my retaliation was not justified, but I can tell you; your first statements weren't either. I still can't see why you took my post the way you did. There are constantly new people on this net, it's not like you own it. As I said, I am new to this net, and many others seem to be pouring in every day. I was told this was a very friendly and close system, with helpful and encouraging users. I try to do something helpful, and... Oh well... I do not wish to continue this conversation. It is causing me headaches... Lyle @ netcom ------------------------------------------------------------------- A user who ONCE thought the IIgs was a great friendly computer -------------------------------------------------------------------