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From: wargopl@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Peter L. Wargo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: The IBM PC...
Message-ID: <1990Jun12.070648.4596@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 90 07:06:48 GMT
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From article <5781@helios.TAMU.EDU>, by jsaxon@cs.tamu.edu (James B Saxon):
> For the fortieth time in my life I had the pleasure of sitting down at
> another wonderful IBM PC.  This one had a mouse and color and everything!
> Oh boy what fun...  I just wanted to say that anybody who thinks that
> the IBM pc is anything but a suped-up apple II is out of their minds.
> It is an example of the kind of stupidity that Mayor Koch has been
> accused of presiding over. [SOME DELETED FOR SPACE I have never 
> been so pissed off as when I sit down on one of these pieces of junk
> to look at a new program, an expensive program, the best out, and find
> that it has as much charisma and agility as a dead rat.  YOU PEOPLE 
> just don't understand the power of freedom.  You are the victims of
> cybercrud. [THE REST IS JUST MORE OF THE SAME]

I saw this and I just *had* to respond...

Dear James, (I hope you read this)

     I feel I am more than qualified to answer your 'tirade' against the
IBM PC & compatable systems.  I have owned most of the popular computer
systems, including the Macintosh.  I was the system administrator for several
Sun minicomputers, and have experience with many mainframe systems.

     Disappointment may be the best word to describe my reaction to your
article.  Computers are like tools - everybody has their favorite tool when
they're working on a task.  As a professional writer, I used to favor my
Macintosh.  But, the Mac failed to appeal to the "hacker" in me.  So, I
started using my AT-compatable, equipped with a hard drive & windows.
This combination has kept me happy for some time, but now I'm looking
to convert to Unix.  This. of course, is much easier on an AT than a Mac+.

    Ask yourself this: who is the least flexible - the person who uses the
system that they find most comfortable, or someone who damns anybody who
doesn't conform to what he feels is the "right" way of doing things?  

    Instead of spending your time & net dollars making uneducated statements,
consider using your energies to do something constructive.  Maybe you can
design the "perfect" computer.  But don't expect me to buy it.

Sincerely,

Peter L. Wargo
WVNC Radio
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