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From: seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Just gripin'...
Keywords: gripes software naught
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Date: 1 Dec 90 01:17:51 GMT
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True, support for the ST seems to be weakening.  I've often thought about buying
another comptuter.  But after I think it through, I never do.

Recently, Bill Gates, in defending the PC versus NeXT and Mac, said "What is 
there that you can do on those machines that can't be done on the PC."  I think
the same (almost) applies to the ST.  I can't think of anything that can be done
on the PC, or Mac that you can't do on the ST.

In my case, my major uses of my ST are 1) terminal emulation, 2) word processing,
3) hobbyist programming, mostly in C and Pascal.  I have yet to be convinced 
that a Mac or PC can do these so much better than the ST as to make it worth the
hassle and expense of selling my ST, and buying, installing, and learning new
software.  Nor have I seen any thing new that the PC or Mac can do that would
make it worthwhile.

If I were buying a new computer, it probably would not be an ST.  But since I
own one now, I think my time and effort are best spent supporting and enhancing
it, rather than buy something new.

					Matt Seitz
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