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- From: chao@crl.com (Elizabeth Kommit)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: *=- Commodore in our Hearts -=*
- Date: 3 May 1994 03:28:01 -0700
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- N W H Mailer (eng3nwhm@sun.leeds.ac.uk) wrote:
- : Well, whatever else Commodore's death has brought about, it has instilled a
- : wonderful sense of poetry in the community. One of my favourites is about the
- : Microsoft/PC world consisting of an ever "evolving community of zombies".
- : Wonderful! Anyone else have any other gems from the posts this week?
-
- Sorry I've misplaced the credits:
- "am I the only one feeling extreme grief one moment, almost a sense
- of mourning and the next next moment feeling like an absolute nut for
- grieving the loss of an inanimate object? I have new respect and
- understanding for Nirvana fans today."
- "We have already survived against adversity, we are used to being in the
- minority, we are at ease with our role as computing missionaries; and
- best of all we are not SHEEP!"
- "This whole thing is like a cross between a Hitchcock film, Waiting for
- Godot, and the Crucifixion. Wholly agravating, yet strangely compelling."
-
- -Ben, who isn't as eloquent as the above ppl.
-