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- From: doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,bit.listserv.i-amiga
- Subject: Re: Robinson 1, Commodore 0
- Message-ID: <doiron.07e1@starpt.UUCP>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 21:37:23 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.233245.8900@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Organization: 68K Software Development
- Lines: 46
- X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.16b 5/26/92 by Mikes Schwartz & Smith
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- In article <1992Jul28.233245.8900@leland.Stanford.EDU> dvoelker@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Voelker) writes:
- >Add my name to the list of those who were underwhelmed by Commodore's
- >reply to Philip Robinson's column proclaiming the Amiga's death. They
- >would have done better to keep their mouths shut; their anemic response
- >essentially concedes the argument to him.
- > Never mind whether the machine is "dead;" that's a rhetorical
- >point that people could argue all day and not resolve (are black and
- >white movies dead? Ask Woody Allen). But who knows better than
- >Amiga owners that Commodore is guilty of taking a design that was
- >light-years ahead of its nearest competitors and squandering its
- >potential with negligent marketing, snail-paced development and often
- >indifference to users?
- > I personally would like to see Commodore's "Sic 'em, users!" strategy
- >blow up in its face and result in a flood of mail from Amiga owners
- >thanking Robinson for giving the machine a proper eulogy.
- > The only support Commodore has now is the blind allegiance of the
- >"My Amiga, right or wrong" cheerleaders. Wake up, people! Haven't we
- >been their dupes for long enough?
- >--
- >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- >| Dave Voelker Stanford University dvoelker@leland.stanford.edu |
- >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- [Dave, this isn't directed at you in particular.]
-
- My, my. Such strong words. How have you been duped in the past 6 or 7 years?
-
- The way I see it is that we have a bunch of screaming, whining babies who are
- afraid to buy 3rd party enhancements for their computer and/or are angry
- because they won't get a free upgrade to whatever technology they want next.
-
- I'm not saying that CBM is perfect (far from it); but you can whine all year
- long, and just like -MB-, if you can't put your finger on what exactly you're
- whining about, you'll be ignored just like him. There is a lot of hot air
- in this newsgroup. I have yet to figure out why.
-
- Come on, folks, let's hear it. WHY are you so angry?
-
- Remember: TANSTAAFL
-
- Glenn Doiron
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