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From: pete@nyet.UUCP (Pete Hardie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Proposal: COMP.WARS newsgroup
Message-ID: <332@nyet.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jul 90 20:30:45 GMT
References: <13107@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Reply-To: pete@nyet.UUCP (Pete Hardie)
Organization: The Order of Seekers For Truth and Pentinence
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In article <13107@shlump.nac.dec.com> owen@euclid.enet.dec.com (Steve Owen) writes:
>What do you all think of having such a news group?  Either comp.wars, or 
>alt.comp.wars.  As far as I know, there is no such conference now, and I think 
>it would be fun and interesting to have one.

I disagree.  Most folks I know are not going to change their minds about what
they think is the 'best' computer, since almost every opinion is based in some
part on facts about a specialized area that one machine does indeed excel in.

I also think that if this group is favored, it needs to be in the talk
hierarchy, since it _will_ generate more heat than light.

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Pete Hardie             mail: ...!emory!stiatl!slammer!nyet!pete
"Well, Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable,
And Lightness has a call that's hard to hear" -- Indigo Girls