Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!nuts!frey!c8923075 From: c8923075@frey.nu.oz.au (Chris Baird) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Is it really worth it? Message-ID: <1990Oct26.052803.1297@frey.nu.oz.au> Date: 26 Oct 90 05:28:03 GMT References: Organization: Department of Mathematics, Uni of Newcastle, Oz. Lines: 20 prindle@nadc.nadc.navy.mil (Frank Prindle) writes: >... No, I won't abandon over $2000 worth of Commodore >equipment and software just for the Whiz-Bang-Nifftyness of something new. >Frank Prindle >Prindle@NADC.navy.mil Can anyone imagine a \computer industry\ (or any industry in fact), that doesn't exploit we consumers? It's more profitible to have your userbase upgrade every few years, hence the myth about computer obsolescence. With inventive programming, the 64 is capible of anything... (although I've yet to see a COBOL compiler; one advantage of stucking with the 64 :-) ) -- Chris Baird Undergrad BSc(Physics) @ Newcastle Uni (OZ!) C8923075@frey.nu.oz.au