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- From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
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- Organization: Molecular Simulations, Inc.
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:56:33 GMT
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- Harv R Laser (Harv@cup.portal.com) wrote:
- : >:
- : >: Windows isn't a worthwhile PC OS,
- : >:
- : >
- : >Why, because *you* don't consider it such? Fortunately, there are millions
- : >of people out there who don't consider you the ultimate authority in OS's.
- : >
- :
- : So what. There are millions of people who buy crap from the Home
- : Shopping Club, millions of people who line up to buy Madonna ablums,
- : millions of people who think "Home Alone" is moving making at its
- : finest, millions of people who think Rosanne Arnold is a gifted and
- : talented national treasure, millions of people who cram McDonalds
- : food into their faces, millions of people who think Phil Donahue
- : has important things to say, and etc.
- :
-
- Don't forget the millions of people who have bought Amigas :-) It must be
- fun for you to sit in front of your screen and pretend to be an expert in
- everything from computers to popular music. Obviously, you've carried the
- illusion so far that you've actually started believing it.
-
- :
- : Just cuz something sells in the millions doesn't say one iota about
- : that something's quality or usefulness or value.
- :
-
- Exactly. It says nothing about quality, good *or* bad. Get it?
-
- :
- : All it says is that
- : someone's getting rich. Please, keep your Windows and enjoy it to
- : the hilt, but don't try to convince me that it's in any conceivable
- : way a better operating system than the Amiga OS.
- :
-
- I really don't give a d*mn about what OS you think is better.
-
- :
- : I've used both and
- : IMHO there's no comparison.
- :
-
- Same here; there is no comparison. They can't be compared without taking the
- application into account. After all, they were designed for different
- markets, contain different (although overlapping) sets of capabilities, and
- run different sets of applications. It's apples and oranges. To compare them
- is pointless.
-
- : Harv
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- | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
- | Drummers do it... | Burlington, MA USA | in my book of memories. |
- | ... In rhythm! | jerry@msi.com | -- Guns N' Roses |
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