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  2. From: wnear@epix.net (Bill Near)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
  4. Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
  5. Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
  6. Date: 16 Apr 1996 16:07:54 GMT
  7. Organization: epix.net
  8. Message-ID: <4l0gkq$jet@guava.epix.net>
  9. References: <1996Mar11.221045@cantva> <0099FBB4.0D960DE1@netins.net> <315879bb.17389629@news.onramp.net> <4kba6r$1na@news.uni-c.dk> <jsheehyDpt9K9.7KF@netcom.com>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: wsfdppp89.epix.net
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  12.  
  13. On Sat, 13 Apr 1996 17:21:45 GMT, John Sheehy articulated:
  14. <> In article <4kba6r$1na@news.uni-c.dk>,
  15. <> Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <c948374@hald.gbar.dtu.dk> wrote:
  16. <> >
  17. <> >Imagine how an Amiga user feels when Window gives you "General application
  18. <> >fault" (or something like that) from Word, Wordperfect or Turbo Pascal.
  19. <> 
  20. <> That's right.  If the system gets thrashed, they have to reset the system 
  21. <> manually.  On the Amiga, you get a fireworks display on the screen just 
  22. <> before it reboots itself.
  23. <> 
  24. <> With Win95, errant apps are generally closed down with all system 
  25. <> resources reclaimed.
  26.  
  27. Ever heard of Suspend/Reboot? You don't need to reboot to
  28. continue with other work that was not effected by the
  29. requester for that app.
  30.  
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  39.     Contributing Editor @ Amiga Report Magazine
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