Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!gatech!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!iuvax!inuxc!ihnp4!alberta!auvax!rwa From: rwa@auvax.UUCP (Ross Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: In defense of the Amiga/Atari ST flame war Message-ID: <520@auvax.UUCP> Date: 5 Feb 88 03:28:50 GMT References: <880203-152724-3179@Xerox> Organization: Athabasca U., Alberta, Canada Lines: 21 Summary: NO NO NO NO, comparisons considered harmful In article <880203-152724-3179@Xerox>, LLi.ESCP8@XEROX.COM writes: ] ] I agree with you and I think that there should be discussions regarding pros and ] cons of different PC hardware and OS -- Amiga, Atari ST, PC/AT/386, PS/2, MAC ] II, etc. ] ] However, this type of discussions should not be limited to dl's devoted to one ] brand of PC's, whether it's Amiga or Atari (or IBMPC, or Mac, ...). There ] should be a separate list for this purpose. Perhaps something like ] "PCComparison" will be an appropriate name for it. ] ] Leonard Li. This is a proposal to start another permanent flame-war newsgroup. No way. All heat, no light, _far_ too much smoke :-) Ross Alexander, Sr. Systems Programmer @ Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta alberta!auvax!rwa