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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Marc Barrett
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1991 19:11:17 GMT

In article <1991Apr5.185036.14721@infonode.ingr.com> hychejw@infonode.ingr.com (Jeff W. Hyche) writes:
>xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett) writes:
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>>                              -MB-    
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------
>> / Marc Barrett       | BITNET:   XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET      /      
>>/  ISU COM S Student  | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU /       
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>	
>	Marc Barrett is one of the most misunderstood people I have
>seen in along time.  Come on people give him a break, he just wants the
>same thing we all want a better Amiga.  If you don't like to read his
>post skill over them or better yet goto a happyer newsgroup.
>-- 
>                                  // Jeff Hyche           
>    There can be only one!    \\ //  Usenet: hychejw@infonode.ingr.com
>                               \X/   Freenet: ap255@po.CWRU.Edu

	This is one of those cases where Marc really does have a
strong point, Commodore does invest far too little in R&D
compared to all their competitors (except Atari 8). However, Marc
has been well known in the past for exaggerating things far
beyond truth, and stating out-and-out falsehoods. When he rants
and raves about, for example, how the Amiga's custom chips need
improvement, he has a point. But when this appears at the end of
the message:

	CALL ME AN ASSHOLE IF YOU WANT
	*AMIGA* YESTERDAY'S TECHNOLOGY FOREVER

	He loses all credibility with everyone here, and I hope
you are included.
	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.