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- From: wvleeshh@wg.estec.esa.nl (wim vleeshhouwer)
- Subject: Re: A letter to Dave Baggett
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.123352.3450@wg.estec.nl>
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- References: <1i7dalINNelp@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <93010539@ritz.mordor.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 12:33:52 GMT
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- In article <93010539@ritz.mordor.com>, ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
- > Michael Olin (molin@ptb.cl.msu.edu) wrote:
- > OS/2> dmb@case.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett) writes:
- > OS/2>
- > OS/2> >Now we're talking about insecure Atari owners who feel it necessary to
- > OS/2> >typecast anyone who buys an 80x86 machine, simply because it runs DOS.
- >
- > Yup.
- >
- > OS/2> It comes from experience. I've played with a LOT of different machines
- > OS/2> in my day. (Happens that I sell computers for a living...) From VIC 20
- > OS/2> to 64 to AMiga, from 400 to 800 to XE to ST and TT, from Mac at several
- > OS/2> levels and from XT to current dinosaur. ANd it's a simple choice for
- > OS/2> me: I get the most productivity in the least time with my ST. And facts
- > OS/2> are facts. You go ahead and buy your $899 '486 with monitor.
- >
- > You must be joking. Any 486 running a modern OS (not DOS) will blow
- > the socks off an ST. I paid $49 for OS/2 and it does things on my
- > "dinosaur" that are simply impossible on an ST. I can honestly say
- > that if I still had my ST it would probably spend 99% of its time
- > as a terminal (Uniterm is still the best damn terminal emulator around)
- > attached to one of the many free serial ports on my 486. I can run
- > all of my DOS/Windows and OS/2 software (simultaneously) and if I reboot,
- > I can run unix and X windows. Also, there is simply no comparison when
- > you look at the available software library. There are thousands of
- > professional developers producing quality software, not to mention
- > many quality shareware and freeware programs for the Intel-based
- > boxes and this is growing rapidly. Compare that to the ever-shrinking
- > handful of people that are willing to roll the dice with Atari. Your
- > software options are SHRINKING, not growing and this will get to be
- > more of an acute problem as more developers and users jump ship.
- >
- > OS/2> WOn't
- > OS/2> offend me any at all if you find yourself headed for a service station
- > OS/2> in the VERY NEAR FUTURE. When you buy cheap, you get cheap. Simple as
- > OS/2> that.
- >
- > This is coming from someone who bought an Atari computer??? Hehe, this
- > is great .signature material folks!
- >
- > Regards,
- >
- > Chris
- >
- > --
- > Christopher Mauritz | My views reflect those of my
- > ritz@ritz.mordor.com | company since I own the company.
- > {backbone}!rutgers!spcvxb!ritz!ritz | Ritz International, Inc.
- > OS/2 OS/2 OS/2 OS/2 OS/2 OS/2 OS/2 | Import/Export Consultants
-
- With good quality software I suppose you mean allthe crap that is being produced
- for these braindead machines like Windows and the like. Who the hell needs all
- that crap anyway. And by the way, the argument that there is lots of SW available
- for PC's, so what, most users only use a WordProcessor (like this shit product
- called WordPerfect) and maybe Lotus, so what is the use of so much software?
- If you don't know what you are talking about, then shut up. I am more than tired
- of the bullshit going around about PC's.
-
- Wim Vleeshhouwer
- European Space Agency
- Noordwijk
- Netherlands
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