Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: amigas in the music world. Message-ID: <136734@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 6 Jun 90 06:10:38 GMT References: <25719@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 55 In article <25719@netnews.upenn.edu> charles@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Chuck the GREAT) writes: >I would like to know how estblished the amiga is in the world of sight >and sound. As far as the industries' standards, which computer holds >the title? A friend of mine argued for the Crapintosh. I just want a >little reassurance and opportunity to dispell this myth. All replies >may be made directly to me or over the net. Charles, if you want to start a flame fest this is the way to do it. There are two problems with this posting, 1) If you don't already know the answer to your question then why would you believe what we told you, and 2) calling a Macintosh a "crapintosh" is a particularly childish and needlessly provacative statement. You see, people who buy Macs think they are just as nice as you presumably think the Amiga is. And "nice" is a subjective term so they are correct in what they think. Now calling the machine that they think is pretty decent a "crapintosh" implies that you think it is not a very nice machine, and the implication is that someone who would like it is very silly indeed. This will cause these people who have feelings just like you do, to jump up and defend their computer of choice and probably go off a little over the deep end and make disparaging remarks about the Amiga. Being demonstrably immature you will probably feel the need to "set them straight" about which machine is better and no doubt some of the other inexperienced people on the network will come to your aid and help out. Then the Macintosh supporter will appear out numbered and some folks will come to his or her aid and suddenly there are 150 messages a day flying back and forth full of inuendo and disparaging remarks. Meanwhile the poor people who are trying to ask questions or give answers will be swamped out by all the name calling as people who could answer those questions will miss those messages because they will be skipping ahead 100 messages at a time trying to find the end of this particular flame fest. I apologize in advance for such a public dressing down as it were, however, this kind of stuff has to stop on this group if it is to remain viable. Needless to say there will be others contemplating their first message to Usenet and they may feel this is a "safe" topic since everyone in the group would presumably agree with them right? Wrong. We will all agree that the Amiga is a decent machine, but it is not "better" than any other machine, it simply is. If anyone who is reading this feels that deep in their heart they will simply not be able to hold their head up amongst their friends if they don't own the "best" machine. Then take the following advice : Ask your friends what they think the best machine is and buy it. But don't be suprised when you get a new set of friends and they have a different "best" machine. There is no right answer, and there never will be. -- --Chuck McManis Sun Microsystems uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: Internet: cmcmanis@Eng.Sun.COM These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "I tell you this parrot is bleeding deceased!"