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From: dodgson@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Harry Dodgson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Who's computer is best
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.132143.16549@sol.cs.wmich.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 91 13:21:43 GMT
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Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
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Followup to: alt.flame

Why is it that once a month some poor unsuspecting person asks the net to
compare a feature on machines X and Y and this generates tons of replies?
Some of the replies are concise, factual, and unbiased.  Most are suitable
for Flame Wars use only.  And after a few days of these start the posts that
say to stop posting the flames.
	Isn't there some way to circumvent this procedure - like having a 
group called alt.computers.comparisons  or more in line with what gets sent
alt.computers.mine.is.best  ?
	This is most true for the three 680X0 based types that this is posted
to.  I don't see why there needs to be such fierce competition and flaming
between these machines.  They all do about the same thing in about the same
amount of time.  The low-end ones have equivalent processors and clock speeds.
The high-end ones too.  They all have keyboards and mice standard.  They have
varying sound and graphics, which is where most of the flames get started.
	A lot of articles start out with the popular "IMHO".  Not when
comparing computers!!


Until the next round of idiocy...


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