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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!pwp@moose.cs.indiana.edu
  2. From: pwp@moose.cs.indiana.edu (Paul Purdom)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
  4. Subject: Re: Closed architecture harmful? Maybe.. maybe not
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec11.171754.5971@news.cs.indiana.edu>
  6. Date: 11 Dec 92 22:17:47 GMT
  7. References: <71396@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec11.000546.27632@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <71469@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec11.083430.15101@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
  8. Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
  9. Lines: 9
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  11. hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu) writes:
  12.  
  13. >Now, maybe not too many
  14. >folks were interested in buying docs for a computer they couldn't touch yet,
  15.  
  16. >  -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
  17.  
  18. For many of us the computer market would be a lot better if people made a
  19. habit of buying docs and then buying the computers if the docs were good.
  20.