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From: C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Simple soundtracker question.
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Date: 6 Dec 90 22:47:16 GMT
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In Message-ID: <1990Dec6.011029.26812@mcs.kent.edu>
          eretherf@kentvax.kent.edu (Eric Von Retherford) said:
>>[...]
>>So, why would anyone use NT/ST/etc. over MED?
>
>MED is not in question!! We know it is PD!! So please leave MED out of it!!
>
>Why would anyone use NT/ST over MED?? Why might I drive a Chevy and you
>drive a Ford? Why do they make vanilla and chocolate icecream??

I drive a Mercury, but close enough.  :-)

I guess my question does sound as if I'm being rude; I didn't mean it that
way.  Seriously, could someone email me and tell me the outstanding features
of NoiseTracker/Soundtracker over MED?  I am honestly curious to know if there
is any big difference. (ie. Is the interface to NT/ST better?  Do they have
more features?  Or are they just different?)

>Please do not start a BIG discussion over this. I just want to know why these
>are so evil to americans and not europeans.

Ok, for those who want to respond to my question, please use email.

As to why NT/ST are 'evil' to Americans:   At least for me, these programs
aren't 'evil'; I just have never seen them.  If anything, they are a
mystery to me.  Perhaps the distance between here and there makes it hard
for Americans to know if they can legally use ST/NT, while those in Europe
are more sure of the legality of using ST/NT.  The only thing that would be
'evil' for some is to use a pirated/non-PD program without paying for it.
Since I haven't had the chance to *SEE* ST/NT, I don't know of it is PD or
not.  If it *is* commercial, I would not use it without paying for it.

>Thank you for your reply anyway.

Just doing my job... cluttering the nets.  :-)

>Eric Retherford

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