Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict
From: erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multi-tasking
Message-ID: <67@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 88 00:53:21 GMT
References: <1646@van-bc.UUCP>
Organization: flatline in Houston(Montrose, really), Tx.
Lines: 38
Summary: logic bashing

In article <1646@van-bc.UUCP>, bhenning@bhami.vnet.van-bc.UUCP (Bill Henning) writes:
> While  Dave Meile's comments in <3280@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> are a response to an
> article  <7413@sunybcs.UUCP> by Joseph M.  Piazza, some of his comments apply
> to other people/sites, ad I wish to address some of them.
>
> [ A bunch of things said ]
> 
> > Does your Amiga run HyperCard, Joseph?  Will your 68020 processor (I assume
> > all Amiga owners own the "latest" processor for their machines) run Lotus
> > 1-2-3?  Is the Amiga being bought in Fortune 50 companies?  What does this
> > say about upper-management's desire to provide multi-tasking in the office
> > environment?

Waitasec.  You've obviously never worked in the real world of business 
and/or finance.  If you are to use the decisions made by primarily
old, sexist, alpha males (that went to college when only beady-eyed
geeks could spell computer) as a valid opinion on mulititasking, then
you really have no business discussing this subject.

Your statement was equivalent to "How many Americans actually use
solar heat?  How can you say solar heat is worth anything if
no one even uses it?"

The opinions of a bunch of rich, pompous old men that couldn't tell a PC
from a dumb terminal (I've seen that happen. really.) should have nothing
to do with a discussion on the merits of single vs. multi-tasking.

Then again, this whole discussion reminds me of the response I got
from people in 82 when I told them I sold Commodore 64's...
"My computer's better'n yours cuz..."  Most of those discussions
had roots in "I made a bad decision, so let me flame on your computer's
weaknesses to make my decision look a little better."

wheh.  flame off.
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