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From: ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari-To-Amiga Convert Info Source!
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Date: 24 Jun 91 23:19:24 GMT
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revpk@cellar.UUCP (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano) writes:
 
%        Now, Thomas Hill's endless touting of the Amiga struck me as more 
%than a little strange. Not because some of his facts might be wrong, or 
%because he was presuming to know things about the ST marketplace that we 
%didn't.
 
 Please be specific about what I was wrong about. Like I've said before, I
don't make a statement unless I have the facts and figures to back it up.
 
%        But think about this; Thomas Hill goes out of his way to bust on ST 
%users, and wants to convince us to use Amigas. Granted, they're nice 
%machines-- my roommate just bought a 3000-- but why is Thomas Hill so 
%messianic about them?
 
 I don't "bust on" ST users. I never get into needless remarks and childish
statements. Presenting the facts and offering ST users help is not what I call
"busting" on ST users.
 
%        I can understand, halfway, if Thomas had found Jesus or had submitted 
%to the will of Allah, and wanted us to do the same. But why is Thomas so 
%wrapped up in what computers we own? Is he an Amiga salesperson? A Commodore 
%marketing manager? Why, exactly, is he so emotionally committed to making 
%sure that we own HIS kind of machine? Does owning an ST constitute a moral 
%affront to him?
 
 I'm not an Amiga salesperson (though I'd love to be), but I am hoping to help
those who buy computers based on no facts.
 
%        Issues of STs and Amigas aside, I think it's pretty clear that Thomas 
%has some problems. Not even the do-or-die Commodore 64 fans I know-- mainly 
%children with few other interests to hold their allegiances-- get as worked 
%up as THomas does. I can think of a dozen better causes for Thomas to worry 
%about-- say, supporting the Electronic Freedom Foundation, or better, using 
%his fables Amiga to crank out letters on behalf of Amnesty International.
 
 "Worked up"? Pardon me, but where in my message do I get "worked up". I pride
myself on staying away form this kind of thing.
 
%        In short: what sort of deranged, socially-deprived noodnik would give 
%a tinker's dam about what computer anyone else uses-- and would actively 
%campaign to sell merchandise that he has no immediate financial stake in? 
%Heck, I've seen more rational stuff coming out of Jesus freaks.
 
 It always works out this way. When a person can not support his end of the
conversation (this is about computers, not egos) he will resort to attacking
the personality of the person he is dealing with. I don't need to call you
names to support my argumentation. Please try to do the same.
 
   Tom