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From: scottm@nic.com (Scott Maxwell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga users insulted by Linux fans!
Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Date: 26 Jan 1995 18:55:02 -0500
Organization: NIC Internet Connection in NJ: email info@nic.com
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In article <D2sE10.HCI@bonkers.taronga.com>,
Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> wrote:
>>>: o linux users are as neurotic as Amiga fans
>
>Oh piffle. Amiga fans aren't neurotic. They're fucking disgusted.
>
You've got that right. Unfortunately some of the things IBM is doing with
it's marketing are starting to remind me of Commodore. It's very scary.
>In 1985 the Amiga had most of the user-visible functionality of NT,
>except for the memory protection. It ran on a machine that was about
>as powerful as a PC/AT with no hard drive, in about the same memory
>(640K + frame buffer vs 792K including frame buffer). And even at that
>it was more responsive than Windows on a 386/25.
>
My 1200 still is more responsive than Windows and a DX2/50. Of course
it's accelerated too.
>This doesn't mean it'll run a raytracer that fast or anything, just that
>when you ask the computer to do something (like open a window) it did
>it faster.
>
But it will still run a communications session in the background while
running a raytracer. :-)
>That's not making up facts. That's a matter of observed behaviour.
>
Agreed.
>Yes, I've seen idiots with Amigas who don't understand what they're doing
>make outrageous claims. And I've seen idiots do the same for Linux. And
>I've seen them do the same for Windows and Mac OS and MS-DOS and NT and
>OS/2 and... there are idiots who jump to conclusions in every user base.
>
Every computer has it's fair share of idiots. Amiga users are stereotyped
as being hot-headed and neurotic. Mac users are stereotyped as being
snobs and are often compared to the Amiga fanatics. Same with all the
other OS's you listed.
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