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From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Apple //GS, words from their world
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Date: 18 Mar 89 21:31:29 GMT
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hans@nlgvax.UUCP (Hans Zuidam) writes:

> GURUs are indeed bad practice. Moreover, they are bad marketing. The
> Mac and Atari ST display nice cute not offensive bombs. You hardly
> notice them on the screen. The reaction (also mine) when a Mac
> crashes is "oh the machine crashed", but when my Amiga crashes "OH
> MY AMIGA CRASHED".

Bullshit; I get just as pissed when a machine shows "cute little
bombs."  When a computer gets to this point, slick visual design is
pretty irrelevant.  How is the phrase "guru meditation" offensive, anyway?

-Miles