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From: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
Message-ID: <1990Dec2.172051.28286@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 2 Dec 90 17:20:51 GMT
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Reply-To: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
Organization: NCSU Computing Center
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>> And then there's the December '90 Byte article which says that
>> the 3000UX easily outperforms the Mac II, the NeXT, and a 386 at Unix.
>
> This is NOT meant as a poke at John, it's just that his posting reminds
> me of what I've seen too often:  When BYTE magazine either ignores or
> comments only "en passant" re: the Amiga, BYTE is perceived by the Amiga
> community as being lower than whale turds.  When BYTE magazine publishes
> a noteworthy comment re: the Amiga, BYTE suddenly becomes "THE WORD,
> THE TRUTH, THE GUIDING LIGHT TO ALL KNOWLEDGE."  You figure.   :-)

Gee, I'm glad _you_ said that!  <hehe>  But yes, I betcha that a lot of
readers were thinking the very same thing.  It reminds me of another
computer fanatic quirk we all often see (and do). Does this look familiar?

Person #1: "Ah yes, I bought my XXX because it had this and that, which
 no other computer had at the time!  I sought out and found the hottest
 technology around, and that makes me smarter than most dudes."
Person #2: "Hey, have you heard about the YYY, which has those things
 plus it also has...."
Person #1: "Stop, stop! <clapping hands to ears>  I have too much invested
 in my XXX now to hear about other brands!  I refuse to listen, because
 my personal search for excellence ceased when I spent $$ on XXX."
 
(Ain't consumerism great? :-)  kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu (kevin)