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From: a143@mindlink.UUCP (Ed Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Duped!!
Message-ID: <3520@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 90 17:43:21 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> [ ... ]
> (alternate title might be "Damn am I glad I own an Amiga!!"  :-)
> 
> The story goes as follows:
> [ ... ]
> Well, the company where I work uses PC's and Macs exclusively.  (I'm
> trying to remedy this situation, but that is another story.)  The
> [ ... ]
> What I got was a lecture about how VGA only does 16 colors in 640x480
> and you have to drop to 320x200 (or whatever) to get 256 colors.  This
> is something I told them I thought was a cheap shot by all the folks
> hyping VGA and its wonderful palette.  They let me know pretty
> quickly that I had been duped, just like a lot of other consumers.
> [ ... ]
> 
>                                                             Kurt


Kurt, there's nothing quite like showing people.  I had the same kind of
techno-bigotry at a place where I was called in to rejuvenate the R&D
department.  I very quickly got tired of the one-sided techno-bigotry: IBMs are
the best; I mean, I can work on about a half-dozen different machines ... chose
the best for the job, right?  Anyway, instead of arguing with these guys, I
brought in a 2000 with Bridgeboard, etc.  A most interesting reaction!  The
management bought an Amiga-2000 with hard-drive, etc.  I'm not suggesting that
this will work for everyone, but it does quickly contrast the strengths and
weaknesses ... and who says that multitasking and having fun is
not good corporate policy? <grin>

Cheers