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- From: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: ESCOM SHOWS ITS TRUE COLOURS!!
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 96 22:33:15
- Organization: Leiden University, Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands
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- In article <4d64fg$ktj@willow.cc.kcl.ac.uk> Yoda <warrior@revenge.jedi.com> writes:
- > For those of you who thought that ESCOM was good for the
- > Amiga, here's the latest news:
- >
- > THE AMIGA-TECH UK OFFICES ARE TO CLOSE
-
-
- Overreacting a bit are we? At least you could have tried to refrain from
- shouting. And while I'm at it:
-
- 1. Giving a false mail address is _not nice_.
-
- 2. "Revenge of the Jedi" was renamed long before its release. There's still
- some time to update your facts before the next movie arrives, but not much.
-
- "Great warrior? Heh--wars not make one great!"
-
- 3. This "TO CLOSE" bit flatly misrepresents the press release text you include,
- which states that the offices are to move (or TO MOVE, if you prefer) to a
- larger and prettier building. Some objectivity would be welcome here.
-
- 4. Look up "sic" in a dictionary. You may find a helpful description of its
- correct usage there.
-
- 5. After the C64 era, Commodore wasn't "a company that also happened to sell
- PCs". It was a PC-selling company that in the end had to look to the Amiga
- for financial support. Escom is also betting a lot of its future on the
- Amiga, but of its own free will.
-
- As for the press release, well, it may mean different things but lack of
- relevant knowledge is what makes back-seat driving so easy. One thing is for
- sure: Setting up a company is different than running a stable one and changes
- in staff aren't all that unlikely a result IMHO.
-
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- # Jeroen T. Vermeulen \"How are we doing kid?"/ Yes, we use Amigas. #
- #--- jtv@xs4all.nl ---\"Oh, same as always."/-- ... --#
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