Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu!babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu From: bigbroth@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Color Flyers. Message-ID: <846@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu> Date: 29 Sep 90 01:37:09 GMT References: <1990Sep27.204635.21001@cs.umn.edu> Sender: news@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu Lines: 40 From article <1990Sep27.204635.21001@cs.umn.edu>, by alberti@cs.umn.edu (Bob Alberti): > amhartma@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Andy Hartman ) writes: >>I heard if you close your eyes, crossed your fingers and wished really hard "I >>wish Marc would go away" 3 times it will really happen! > > You know, I'm sorta new to this. Please explain to me the Politically Correct > (tm) stance towards Marc Barrett on this board. Are his messages supposed to > be judged individually on their content, or should one prejudiciously dismiss > anything he says, whether or not it makes sense? Let me know - I want to be > a good little Amiga owner after all, and I won't let sense get in my way. > Oh, but sorry, I forgot -- criticisms of Commodore are NOT welcome here. I'll > stop, lest anyone add my name to Marc Barrett's in their kill-files (and golly, > wouldn't that just ruin MY social life). Objective criticisms of Commodore ARE welcome here, but when someone posts nothing but criticisms, and often petty criticisms, I wonder why they are reading this newsgroup at all. > _______________________________________________________________________________ > Bob Alberti Micro and Wkstn Networks Ctr, U of MN /// aka: Albatross > UUCP: nic.MR.NET!boombox.micro.UMN.EDU!alberti /// Images at Twilight > INET: alberti@boombox.micro.UMN.EDU \\\/// (612) 884-7951 > Disclaimer: My employer does not mean what I say. \XX/ > Ingredients: 30% header, 30% quote, 10% content, 30% cutesy signature. ################################################################################# Jim Coleman Concurrent Engineering Research Center (C.E.R.C.) West Virginia University 955 Hartman Run Road Morgantown, WV 26506 ################################################################################# +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If Commodore were to come out with a shirt-pocket, 100 MIPS Amiga with 20 megs of memory and 1 gig of disk, and sold it for $300, the first thing the industry would ask is "Is it IBM compatible?". +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++