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From: engst@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Note on Atari newsgroup
Message-ID: <481@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 09:26:14 EST
Article-I.D.: batcompu.481
Posted: Tue Mar 24 09:26:14 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Mar-87 04:19:21 EST
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Reply-To: engst@batcomputer.UUCP (Adam C. Engst)
Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Keywords: no wars
Summary: tsk tsk


Tsk, Tsk, Ali - Now we're treading into the waters that tend to start the
religious wars.  I agree that George Robbins does post informative messages
about the ST to that newsgroup, but Alex Leavens has been *very* helpful as
of late and there is no reason to slam on him for a problem he personally
had.  I'm sure everyone at one time or another has managed to crash some
computer by doing something correct - I crashed the first demo Amigas simply
by running the programs the store had put on them.  But I've also crashed my
ST for equally stupid reasons.  And we won't even talk about an IBM or a
C-64, both of which need only an evil look to crash.  Speaking of IBM,
perhaps we should worry more about"competing" with them than with each other
- after all those three letters sell more computers than the Atari's and
Amiga's excellent features combined.  And hey, I doubt most Amigans know
enough about the ST to comment knowledgeably (as George does) about it.  In
the same vein, I don't think that most St-users know enough about the Amiga
to say much intelligent about it.  So let's all lighten up and talk about
the computers, not any comparisons between them.  And if anyone disagrees in
a large way, let them set up comp.sys.religious.war and fight out their "my
daddy's bigger than your daddy" battles somewhere else.
                                        Adam Engst