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From: kawakami@earthquake.Berkeley.EDU (John Kawakami)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Unwanted Amiga Input
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Date: 27 Jun 91 01:50:36 GMT
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WELLLLLL

I've used Atari computers for something like nine (9) years and I'm
REALLY tired of the Atari-Amiga wars (or is that Amiga-Atari wars:-/).
Let's be realistic here: for the time being, both machines are stagnant.
The only thing happening is the Video Toaster on the Amiga.  As far as
competing as a general use computer, both machines are beat out by
PCs and Macs.  Why can this be so, you ask.  After all, they both have
fine, overpowered and underpriced software and do whizbang things that
cost some serious bucks on PCs and Macs.  After all, both are really
COOL, Macs and PCs are for poseurs and rich-stupid people.  Why can
this be so?  The answer is compatibility.  Compatibility with the outside
world requires PC or Mac compatibility.  The strengths of these machines
lie in the amount of data you can access and the amount of work you can
exchange and disseminate.

OK, I've simplified.  The upper end Amigas are PC compatible.  You can
buy Mac and PC compatibility for both machines.  But to get this compat-
ibility, you must pay money.  Why bother; why not get the real thing and
be done with it.

If you don't hack, if you are not a hobbyist, you don't need an Amiga
or Atari.


*****

BTW, I will probably be using my Atari for some years to come.  It does
everything I expect of a computer, and I'm happy with that.  Once I start
expecting more that I get, I will move up to something more powerful.



John Kawakami                  kawakami@ocf.berkeley.edu
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