From: tam@furry.lonestar.org (Todd A. Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advocacy? What do you want for the Amiga?
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Date: 19 Dec 92 10:15:54 CST
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In article <1gsupqINN3st@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> dstuve@storm.CS.ORST.EDU (David Stuve) writes:
> [As I do my yearly check-in to advocacy to see if it's improved
> its intellectual tone from last year's 10-year-old-mentality]

It hasn't.
 
> Let's see -- a big thread entitled "AGA software wish list"  ooh, maybe
> there's hope.  What's this?  It's all about large breasts and nursing
> positions?
> 
> Hmmm... Articles about guns... Redneck presidents...  People discussing
> IBM, dweebs with OS/2 and Windows valiantly defending their platform
> (lord knows why they should feel so insecure, given their market share.)
> 
> Nice job folks.  I'm disappointed that .advocacy can't measure up to
> any of its potential.  Perhaps its time we had a comp.sys.amiga.flames
> group where all of our 10-year-old wannabies can have their little fits,
> and others can flame about breasts, guns, Perot, taxes, and MS-DOS machines.

I don't think this group has any potential.  I agree that we need a
comp.sys.amiga.flame newsgroup, but it could probably just take the place of
this newsgroup and nobody would notice or mind.  Come to think of it, we could
probably create comp.sys.amiga.sexist-advertising, comp.sys.amiga.guns,
comp.sys.amiga.politics, and comp.sys.amiga.ibm.pc.advocacy.  After all, even
though Usenet already has newsgroups to talk about those subjects, they aren't
in the comp.sys.amiga hierarchy, and a lot of people don't like that.
 
> As a Christmas present to me and the rest of the developer community,
> can't we talk about what we like to use our Amigas for, and what
> software/hardware people would like to see for our favorite computer?

I'd like to see the InovaTronics Hi-Q Tower for the A500 finally released.
Unfortunately, they've had a number of delays, but one of their representatives
was at an Amiga store here last week, and he says that it should finally be
shipping soon.  I also use my Amiga for MIDI and music, and I'd like to see
some more software in that area.  I'm looking for programs such as sequencers,
patch editors, and so on.  (I know that there are already programs out there
that do that, but having more wouldn't hurt.)

> The Amiga may not have the largest market share, the most programs,
> the largest developer base, or the most rational parent company (Merry
> Christmas C=,) but it always was, and always will be ... a great computer.
> 
> Hopefully in the years to come, the users will be happy, developers will
> make money, and we'll all have fun.  That's what really matters, doesn't it?

To some people, that's what matters.  Other users seem to be happy only if they
have something they can complain about at great length.
 
> -David
> David Stuve                          | InterNet: dstuve@storm.cs.orst.edu

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