From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
Subject: Re: A4000 article
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:26:23 GMT

In article <Mike_Whalen.0ki7@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US> Mike_Whalen@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Mike Whalen) writes:
>In a message dated Tue 28 Jul 92 16:14, Skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (skip Sau
>wrote:
>
> SS> Actually it was created on an Amiga telneted to a Sun under emacs and
> SS> and posted with rrn to c.s.a.advocacy.  :-)
>
>  So you did it? What an asshole.

Oh that really hurts.

>  I mean that.. maybe Commodore is not the best company in the world, but
>SO WHAT? Don't like it? Then buy a fucking Mac.

You are right that I don't like Commodore, but I do like the Amiga.  It is
the frustration with the state of the Amiga that generates articles like 
this and the resulting mayhem.

What makes you think that I like the Mac?  I think that Macs suck and I
hate Apple and all of its damn lawsuits,  but I do appreciate the fact 
that they care enough to develop new machines.

>  I don't see the point of making OTHERS pissed off when your true audience
>should be Commodore. If you want to piss off Commodore, then it seems as if
>it wouldn't be beyond your nature to send them death threats.. so just go
>and play by doing that ok?

What makes you think that I was trying to piss off others?  The original
article was posted only to this newsgroup and no one in their right mind
took it seriously.

>I mean, really.

> SS> If I thought that saying something would do some good I would.  Over
> SS> the
> SS> last year or so I have been reading and posting to c.s.a.advocacy and
> SS> truly enjoy the less than serious attitude which prevails.  Mine was
> SS> not
> SS> the first "New Amigas" post and unless Commodore does something I
> SS> doubt
> SS> that it will be the last.
>
>  I will tell you that none of this is good. First of all, you are making
>people's expectations go to an all-time high. When I read it I was pretty
>excited. It was everything that we all wanted. I had not seen the previous

I'd bet that lots of people would love to see machines such as those
mentioned in the article.  I didn't just start making those specs up
off the top of my head.  I've been active on the Amiga groups for over
a year now and have a pretty good idea of what will and will not be
possible in any new Amigas that may come down the line.  There are many
things in the article that are flat-out impossible and some are just
plain stupid, but others would truly be nice too see.

>new Amiga post. Secondly, this is going out ALL over the fucking place!
>GEnie has it.. as well as CompuSpend. I wouldn't be too surprised if it's
>over on FidoNet and AmigaNet. 

As I stated earlier, I posted the article only to this newsgroup.  I had
nothing to do with the spread of the edited versions of the article and
honestly find it hard to believe that it has gone so far.

>  So what is this going to prove? You are just going to piss off hundreds
>of people all over the world.

The only thing that it will prove is that Amiga enthusiasts are so ready
for something new that they will believe anything.

>  Plus, you are a coward by not putting your name on it and pinning it to a
>newspaper that already exists.

First of all, the original article had my signature file attached and the
usual "In Article ... skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu writes ... " message at 
the top.  Believe it or not, but that is my name.  I've seen a couple of
versions of the article which had my name intact and a few that didn't.

I can assure that I did not post the article without my name on it.  If
you have seen a version that did not include my name, blame the persons
who edited it and then spread it.

>  I suppose you won't mind if I just call them and tell them that you are
>using their name to spread lies? Maybe they won't mind? Who knows, though,
>eh?

You obviously saw one of the versions in which the last paragraph was
conveniently deleted.

> SS> I doubt any of the decision makers at Commodore has read the article,
> SS> but 
> SS> if they did and it pissed them off, GOOD!  
>
>  Then write letters to Commodore! What's the point of pissing people like
>me off? This doesn't get me mad at Commodore, it gets me mad at YOU!

The original article was more a pipe-dream than an attack on Commodore.
When someone is frustrated with reality, they often resort to wishful
thinking.  In this case the reality is the sorry state that Commodore has
put the Amiga in and the wishful thinking was expressed in the article.

Honestly, I am not out to make you mad at me.  I'm sorry that you saw a
butchered version of the article, I assure that the original would have
seemed much less cowardly and deceiving.

>  Cripes.. some people will come up with the wildest delusions.. amazing!

Even more amazing is how willing others are to accept them.

>Mike.. 
>
>-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
>
>UUCP.. yeah? So what?

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