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From: MRC%PANDA@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Mark Crispin)
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Subject: Re: Toy Computers
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Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 13:42:11 EST
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     Kurt Godden's comment about hospital wards is the latest of a
series of childish and immature messages which have plagued the
INFO-ATARI list of late.

     This is very reminiscant of the Atari user's groups of the
early 80's, which insisted Atari was doing everything splendidly
and the few people who argued otherwise were lonely voices in the
wilderness.

     A serious concern -- that selling the ST in toy stores at
toy store prices will lead to the overwhelming preponderance of
ST software being toy software -- is trivialized by suggesting
that anybody who dares to have such concerns must be in a mental
hospital.  If you want to advertise the Amiga I can't think of a
better way than the current cat-fighting.

     There is a difference between a cheap and an inexpensive
computer.  The ST was promoted as being inexpensive, but it sure
looks like it really is just another cheap computer.
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