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From: rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. rupp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: re: Danger of IIgs+
Keywords: That's your opinion...
Message-ID: <1120@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 16 Jun 88 16:20:34 GMT
References: <8806091250.aa17392@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Reply-To: rupp@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William L. rupp)
Organization: Computer Sciences Corp., San Diego
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In article <8806091250.aa17392@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> "MAJ ERIC S. FORD" <forde@eglin-vax.arpa> writes:
   >After reading and chuckling over Phil Goetz write-up on the IIgs+ I was
   >amazed to see his warning borne out by the response subsequently posted
   ........

   >what Phil posted was clearly of humorous and satirical intent.  That anyone
   >should take personal umbrage is beyond belief. 
   
   >
   >From "The Society for the Preservation of the Sense of Humor"
   >Eric S. Ford
   >------
   
   
Well, I beg to differ.  Phil's article was just rational enough (or
perhaps I should say not too irrational -:) that it could be taken as
literal.  But the other thing is that this attitude (i.e., it's better
to program down to the bare metal and to Hell with user-friendly
interfaces) *has* been voiced a number of times over the last feww
years.  The arguments of many MS-DOS users against the Macintosh
are in a similar vein.

I'm glad to hear it was all a joke.  If it was a joke, however, I have
to question the wisdom of posting the article in the first place.  At
least I have to question its posting in this newsgroup.

Bill
(Just me expressing my own individual opinion, again.  )