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From: dwboyce@acsu.buffalo.edu (Doug Boyce)
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Subject: Re: The ongoing glut of NeXT-related posts (Re: the recent glut of Amiga-related posts)
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Date: 13 May 91 17:10:52 GMT
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In article <1991May13.002647.187@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
:
:And the superiority of NeXTs to Amigas, Macs, PC (see, it's not just Amigas
:that are getting beat on here) etc has little to do with c.s.amiga.advocacy.
:
:And it's not a "recent" glut, either. Folks who are into the NeXT have been
:bashing the Amiga since this group was created. They have also been using this
:group as an excuse to bash Suns, IBM-clones, Macs, and everything else as
:well.
:
:This is a classic case of blaming the victim. It wasn't Amiga users who started
:this flame war... it was an ex-Amiga user who has found a new religion (I guess
:when the Amiga developers said "we're here to bring you a computer, not a
:religion" he got disenchanted...) that did that. A NeXT user.
:
:Quit blaming the victim, observe and set followups appropriately (clue:
:alt.flame is rarely appropriate), and create a comp.sys.next.advocacy so
:your fanatics can find a place to live.

Since when does the actions of a few condemn an entire group?


-- 
Doug Boyce    dwboyce@acsu.buffalo.edu

"Speedballs are interesting if you aren't the cannoneer doing the running."
"Where's that Lotto ticket, I want a NeXT NoW!"