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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mr. Pournelle is brain-dead.  News at 11:00.
Summary: we can rebuild him, make him better,...
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Date: 29 Sep 88 17:42:28 GMT
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If he's brain-dead, perhaps that gives us something that we can use
our neural network simulator for...

But seriously...  Pournelle did say in the article that people were
lining up at his shindig party to mess around with the Amiga.  I
and several other people I spoke with reacted to it as more
Electronic Arts criticism and Amiga almost-praise.  E.A. probably
deserves the criticism.

What irritates me is that Jerry spends a lot of time telling us
about all the hob-knobing and schmoozing he's doing.  Sometimes I'd
swear he get bruises from patting his own back too hard.

I don't care much for Jerry's column, but Jerry himself is a pretty
good filter for seeing what kind of reactions I get from neophyte
and modestly experienced l'users I have to deal with.  I just wish
he'd cut out the schmoozola stuff.  It takes too long to read the
whole thing, so I usually just skim the Chaos Manner Column in
Byte.  He's a little better in his Infoworld Columns, as they only
give him one page for his verbal peregrinations.

--Bill