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From: rwa@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Comments on STE -- (un)known facts
Message-ID: <1311@atha.AthabascaU.CA>
Date: 14 Dec 89 18:19:50 GMT
References: <2310@pkmab.se> <370002@acf5.NYU.EDU> <2348@pkmab.se> <1842@atari.UUCP> <881@per2.UUCP> <29836@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
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stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney) writes:
>In article <881@per2.UUCP> dag@per2.UUCP (Daniel A. Glasser) writes:
>>[reasonable stuff about TOS, with references]
><stepping up onto my soapbox now...>
>You know, I try to ignore stuff like this, but I just can't this time.  I'd
>send you nasty mail, but I want the people likely to be offended by this to
>see the response.
>First of all, the ST is a personal computer.  The "Cookie Jar" is relatively
>new to that arena. Secondly, how do you know it's 1982 technology if you don't
>know how it's implemented or even the extent of what it does.
[much more flamage]
>If you want to scare Ken B. and others off the net, continue to offend them 
>this way.  Remember, they have constraints to work within, not the least of
[and yet more flamage].

Hey, Steve, do you know who DAG is ??  It's wise to listen carefully
when he speaks...  and if you disagree with him, stick to the facts
and debate them on their merits.  Are you familiar with the WIMP
instruction?  No??  Neither am I, but you seem to know that the cookie
jar is a lot better, which is an interesting conclusion.

Also, I think KenB is a little less timid than you imply.

	cheers,
	Ross