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From: simon@copper.columbia.edu (Thor Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Jerry declares the 2000 as 'the most improved computer'
Summary: God I hate that guy!
Keywords: Should we CARE?
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Date: 3 Mar 89 16:31:59 GMT
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Flame on:

  In case the esteemed Mr. Pournelle hadn't noticed a bit earlier, the
amiga was "Sufficient for most things you would use a computer for"
several years ago.  In fact, it has been and continues to be quite a
bit more sufficient than an IBM...  I suppose the argument goes that
there just wasn't/isn't enough software availiable, though God knows
I've just never seen the merit of that argument.  What mundane,
"Typical-user" task can you do on an IBM that you can't do on a far
less expensive amiga system?  And you can do _lots_ of fun stuff on an
amiga (read games, creatitivity work, multitasking, Dnet, etc.) that
you can't do on any IBM...