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From: atiya@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Atiya Y. Hakeem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Why are Amigaoids hell bent on proving the Amiga is better ?
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.221821.8371@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 91 22:18:21 GMT
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I think that the reason that Amiga owners are often fanatical and
defensive is that we have an inferiority complex due to the
attitudes of most people towards our computer.  The other day
an acquaintance of mine asked me what kind of computer I had.
When I replied that I had an Amiga he said "Oh, one of those toys."
Now, whatever your preference in computers, if you are at all
familiar with the Amiga you know that an A3000 is NOT a "toy."
Well, in a way, any nifty computer is....8*)
This was not an isolated opinion, I have heard similar things
from most people I have spoken to who have even heard of the
Amiga.  I try to avoid fanaticism, but when I see people 
considering a Mac classic or IBM PC to be  more of a serious
computer than mine, it really annoys me and makes me want to
explain the Amiga to them.  When I give in to this temptation,
they are usually impressed.

                                Atiya Hakeem
                                atiya@iago.caltech.edu