Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gblock From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <11737@uwm.edu> Date: 3 May 91 19:47:04 GMT References: <0o9Gv_t+1@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Lines: 59 Originator: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu From article <0o9Gv_t+1@cs.psu.edu>, by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger): > > Good reasoning: we really don't want those packages anyway. And if I > remember correctly WP had dropped the Amiga, but there was a loud > enough out cry that that gave one person the job of maintaining it. I wasn't the one crying out. And of course the majority of people who do Word Processing don't use WP because it doesn't have any graphics support. THat doesn't mean I don't want WP. It just means that I want it better than it exists now. And what of the people that bought it? You think they want to go and buy another just because it sucked? No, now that they're here, I want continued support. WP dropped the amiga because their product sucked. All of the magazines said so. And nobody except for the few bought it. Frankly, there are lots of better wp's than WP. I use PenPal, and there's many others... Of course, you've never used a one of them, so watch the comments. > > Here is the size of Improv and its help. > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 me wheel 1668841 Jan 23 09:57 Improv* > -rw-r--r-- 1 me wheel 1397626 Jan 23 09:57 bbqref.hlp That's a tad too large for an executable. I understand now why you think like you do. Of course, I pity you. If you need that much space on your hard disk for one application, you need much more storage than is easily attainable by your greedy little hands, I take it... I imagine the NeXT might actually be decent when you use a 1.2 GB drive. > > To much for you to handle? Amiga users have such high standards. To > bad the game companies are the only ones that can deliver products to > your satisfaction. > And it's a shame that you think about as often as you speak intelligently... Once in a blue moon. Of course, flames aren't necessary, and if you feel it necessary to use them, be my guest, but I won't stand idly by, either. I can chew your shaggy, ugly butt out as easily as the next guy. And frankly, I'm sure I can do things with my Amiga that you probably couldn't think of... You don't have IPC, do you? Or large amounts of software? And at least I can relax with a game. Either you are seriously sexually repressed, or you could use a vacation. Even a computer as sorry as a Mac can do the things you say, albeit for more money, assuming you don't get the Next with 16mb of ram and a 1.2 gb hd to hold your system software... And even then they'll have color on you. 24 bit, not that 12 bit crap. Christ, even the lowly Amiga has $500 24 bit color... Sway your comments toward dev/null, pal. I'm sure your system will appreciate the only support it will get. Slightly PO'ed, Greg -- All opinions are my own, and not those of my employer. Why? He doesn't know I'm doing this. -Wubba