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- From: earthstar@magg.net (Greg Blanchard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: NA distributor?? WTFO
- Date: 18 Mar 1996 08:55:11 -0500
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- Willy,
-
-
- >>Sub: Sam ReportThe Sam ReportMonday, March 4, 1996MIAMI, Florida- The
- >>following disconcerting Amiga "news" is subjectto confirmation:It is common
- >>knowledge that Escom has been experiencing
- >financialdifficulties.
-
- >I've been discussing this subject, at length, since March 9th, on FidoNet and
- >elsewhere. See the following two excerpts from my previous posts:
-
- This was the point of my post. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHER INFO ON THIS!
-
- >Now as to Asha Develder being confused...she usually takes up the majority of
- >the bandwidth on Fido? See why I said that Americans are so naive? ;-)
-
- Don't confuse naivete with a different method of information gathering and
- different attitude toward that info. Asha has developed her sources -in
- her own way- and they are frequently better than many rumormongers here.
-
- >No, I don't think that your provider was holding back anything....the Sam
- >Report is very much taken with a grain of salt, these days, in the USA.
-
- I peruse both Fido and both international and German newsgroups daily (life?)
-
- My point is that not even the original "SAM report" appeared in these
- venues and no one crossposted it or made any reference to it until your
- Fido effort. I find it rather odd....
-
- >It's just unfortunate that many reputable Amigaphiles, such as Jeff Grimmett
- >and Asha Develder employ that "cute" American trait of naivete and spend
- >their time blissfully bantering away, when just a little bit of cynicism
- >helps view the world for the not so nice, idealistic place that we's all like
- >to imagine that it is?
-
- I'm not going to bother to defend these people since they can do a better job
- than I but please note, again:
-
- Do not confuse optimism tinged with suspended disbelief with naivete! Many
- of us like to give people enough rope to hang themselves when there is no
- compelling reason not to.
-
- Cheers,
-
- Greg
-