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From: goose@kirk.nmg.bu.oz.au (Ralph Schwarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Why are Amigaoids hell bent on proving the Amiga is better ?
Message-ID: <3104@kirk.nmg.bu.oz.au>
Date: 26 Jun 91 06:06:57 GMT
Organization: Communications Development & Operation, Bond Uni, Australia
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Why does it seem that all Amiga users I come accross (except two), feel that
they have to continually rehash this childish notion that "My computer is
better" than yours.  Granted that owners of other types of computers are
culprits here as well, but it seems that they generate a bee's dick of
traffic compared to Amigaoids.  What gives ? Why do you feel that you always 
have to try to prove that the amiga is the best PC ?  For example, a friend
of a friend (who are both amiga users) had a look at my next the other day,
the friend ( who is an open minded amiga owner like myself) accepted the
next for what it was and placed it all in context, however the amigaoid could
not. He compared everything always to the Amiga. "Oh, well the Amiga would 
do it like that, and Oh, the amiga can play 50 songs while compiling 30 C 
programs while it renders 300 frames at full screen in sculpt" Shit !
it start to drive a person around the bend !  I am not saying that you should
stop these immature machine wars, it's just that I would like to fathom
this strange Amigaoid attitude.  I have been an Amiga owner for 5 years 
now, and a PC owner and a NeXT owner and a Mac owner. All have their relative
strengths and weaknesses. The amigaoid who posted to the Atari group should
be strung up by his balls for such blantant and immature "amigaoidism"  How 
dare he try and tell users of another type of computer (who are no doubt
extremely happy with their computers) to buy an Amiga !!!
No wonder you don't see labs full of amiga's at universities or on executives
desks (and don't flame me saying that there are amiga's in campus labs for
video work, I know there are and they do a damn fine job), not only are the
machines immature but also the type of users it seems to attract.

goose