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From: U3364521@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Lou Cavallo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: '030 Ami vs '040 NeXT
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Date: 16 Dec 90 08:00:00 GMT
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G'day,

Scott K Wood (v092mgp5@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu) writes:

[...Scott's suggestions that the NeXT discussions not be held in this...]
[...group any more.  {I agree, in that, I think the time has come for...]
[...a respite from all of this. I'm sure we all want that...}        ...]

*      Speaking of these "computer vs. computer" threads that seem to 
* find their home in this newsgroup, why is it that since day one, Amiga 
* owners have always been on the defensive?  Ever since the days of the 
* ST, Amiga owners have been given the job of clearing up TONS of 
* mistruths and blatent lies.  While the Amiga seems to have finally 
* disposed of the ST line, we have a new rivalry, the MAC and the NEXT.  

Perhaps that is true but I would like to say that in the time I've been
a comp.sys.amiga reader (I'd say I've read for about 2-3 yrs) I've seen
very little Amiga bashing in this group by ST fans.   The opposite I am
sad to say has not been the case...in that attacks by Amiga fans on the
ST in the comp.sys.atari.st group have occurred too often.

There are those in the Amiga camp that were/are as guilty of Amiga vs X
type stirring as those who've trespassed in this group.

Please do not misunderstand me.  I am not saying that we are equally as
guilty as others.  I think most of us are INNOCENT as are most other of
the NeXT/Mac/IBM/ST/etc readers.   It is only a few in each circle that
start these PUBLIC brawls but we ALL have to try to stop them.

* What gives here folks?  NO COMPUTER IS THE BEST FOR EVERYTHING.  The 
* Amiga, Mac, IBM, NEXT etc. all have their good and bad points, and 
* neither of them is suited for ALL types of work!  If it hadn't been 

Correctly said to Scott.  In previous iterations of these never ending
stories of X vs Y vs ... whenever they've related to computers the end
(temporary) of the line for the involved parties is just as you say.

* for the Amiga though, cheap desktop video and multitasking would 
* still be a fantasy.

Truly said, but the desire to say this sort of truth to non Amigans is
what can lead to trouble in the first place, no?

And the converse holds true for other PC's and their "truths".

* Scott

Sorry for the philosophising Scott.  Moreover, I'm not flaming you but
I felt your article served a good spring-board for me to add a balance
to the debate.

yours truly,
Lou Cavallo.