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From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PRODIGY HATES AMIGA -- Says wont do port!
Keywords: prodigy amiga hatred
Message-ID: <41608@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 90 01:00:00 GMT
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alberti@cs.umn.edu (Bob Alberti) writes:
< dannie@coplex.UUCP (Dannie Gregoire) writes:
< 
< >Prodigy, if you are unfamiliar is a dial-up information serice that will
< >allow you to do everything from send flowers to order from sears with 
< >a graphical interface. 
< 
< It's also dumber than wings on an elephant, but that's another issue.

This is an opinion (though it is one I share), and as such is not a
valid reason not to port software to the Amiga.

< >PLEASE stand up for YOUR computer.  Call Prodigy TODAY and complain about
< >this lack of intelligence and information on their part.  Enough inquiries
< >might change their mind.
< 
< WHY for God's sake, WHY?  If I did that, they might actually PORT it to the
< Amiga, and then someone might actually USE it!  I may as well ask them to
< drive over and hit me in the head with a brick.  Sorry, but I've SEEN Prodigy
< and its victims.

No one says that you or I would be required to use, buy, or in any other way
support Prodigy.  However, I have known people who bought low-end IBM's for
the express purpose of running Prodigy and its ilk.  I would rather have these
people buy Amigas, wouldn't you?  More importantly, wouldn't Commodore?

The way I see it, any software that sells Amigas is a plus, whether I use it
or not.

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