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From: smann@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Shannon Mann - I.S.er)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mr. Pournelle is brain-dead.  News at 11:00.
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Date: 5 Oct 88 06:33:45 GMT
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I *used* to read B*TE every month, back when I was new to computers.  I can 
remember Jerry going through extraordinary efforts to get the latest box 
working that was sent to him from a clone manufacturer.  For those machines he
had patience (in most cases, the machines were free, he received very good
support (can be read as hand-holding if your english has that slant), and when 
he called someone with a problem, he was treated with R E S P E C T.) but for 
the Amiga, he has little.  I think that his criticisms have less basis than
he would ever be willing to admit.
Regardless, he has *power*, however we might wish it otherwise.  Other 
manufacturers recognise it, and I wish Commodore would.  If Jerry prefers to
be hand-held, so be it.  The investment in time and money is certainly worth
the free publicity.  Lets admit it, chalk another one up to Commodore's 
sometimes inept marketing style.  Having Jerry's readers reading GOOD things
about the Amiga would be worth more than most ad campaigns they run.
Please let it be known, I do not condone Jerry's behavior, I deplore it.  But, 
when facing the problem, I can only conclude that the simplest solution is to
go along with his particular idiosyncracies.  Can our pride not afford it?

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