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From: stevew@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Steven L Wootton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
Summary: offensive to amiga owners
Keywords: joke, cheap-shot
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.050337.19836@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 11 Apr 91 05:03:37 GMT
References: <46969@ut-emx.uucp> <y7dGywgl1@cs.psu.edu> <12628@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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In article <12628@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU writes:

>As an example of a tight operating system , consider the following:
>GeoWorks Ensemble is a multitasking, virtual memory operating system
>containing device independence and scalable outline font technology.
>It runs on a 640K 8086 machine.

And no marketing, no Major Label software, and no developer support.

Hey, if I wanted an Amiga, I would have bought one.

I'm sorry.  I'll go set fire to myself now.  :-)

Steve Wootton
stevew@ecn.purdue.edu
stevew@pur-ee.uucp
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