From: kehlet@kehlet.adsp.sub.org (Jesper Kehlet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Obituary [Amiga's] in Silicon Valley newspaper
Date: 23 Jul 92 02:09:43 GMT
Organization: Compos Mentis Software Systems
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <1992Jul21.042452.24680@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au> davidme@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (David Meiklejohn) writes:
> In article <kehlet.05ky@kehlet.adsp.sub.org> kehlet@kehlet.adsp.sub.org (Jesper Kehlet) flames severely:
> 
> >-- and all you do, is sound like a true peecee clown
> >owner, trying to flame out Amigas and still cover up your back -- you're a
> >coward!
> 
> Now I know how poor Colin Adams felt when some ignorant cretin called him a
> PC owner.  I don't have to defend myself to you, so let me just say it once.
> I've been and Amiga owner and advocate for more than six years now.  In fact,
> I own two Amigas - my original A1000, which I couldn't make myself part with,
> and an accelerated A2000, complete with bridgeboard and display enhancer.  I
> have never owned a PC, and don't plan on buying one anytime soon.

In the stuff, I have cut out, you provided reasonable explanation for the
terms you used when calling the Amiga a computer from ancient times.

I didn't get the right angle on it.  I apologize.  Sorry, OK?


> No, I'm just a humble network manager.  My ego's fine, thanks.  Is your ego so
> fragile that you can't handle someone pointing out the facts about the Amiga?
> Face it, it's a niche machine - i.e. it's not mainstream.  It's not even close.
> I'm saying that that's ok - it doesn't worry me.  We're fooling ourselves if
> we believe that the Amiga can take over the PC universe - it's a pipedream.

Sure it's a pipedream, but still it has the option of becoming one real
good machine for all purposes, including the workstation/UNIX ones.

Even when you consider it to be a niche machine, it has the capabilities of
growing.

Think about it:  UNIX, networking, video processing etc. etc. -- that must
"be worth something" to those who make the trends -- i.e. the buyers.

So even if it's a niche machine now, it sure isn't going to stay that way!


> >> Exactly.  I actually _like_ having a machine no one's heard of.  Sort of like
> >> being in an elite club.  You pay extra for the privelege, but it's enjoyable
> >> being here...
> >
> >You're out of your mind!  Elite club?  You get the Amiga cheapo and with a
> >lot more features than e.g. the peecee clowns.
> 
> Doubletake here.  Amigas are cheaper yet with more features than PC clones?
> Where on Earth do you live?  I can buy a 486 with SVGA, .28 pitch monitor,
> 4 megs ram, and a 100 meg HD for the same amount as an A3000 without monitor.
> The only area where the Amiga is cheaper is at the extreme low end if you want
> an A600 with hard drive (US$500 in Australia) and you don't buy a monitor.
> Even so, I could almost buy a 286 with VGA for that...
> 
> No, Amigas are more expensive, but I don't mind paying the extra for them.  It
> does mean, though, that I find it hard to recommend to others.

It must be because I'm living in Denmark.  Things are different here.  You
can get an A3000 configured the way you describe, but WITH a monitor at a
much lesser price, than a 486 in your configuration...

Still, don't consider buying one here...  they're awfully expensive
compared to any other country in the world (maybe except from
Sweden/Norway -- they actually come to Denmark to buy hardware!)...


> >With a lot better
> >operating system than e.g. the Mac.  Etc. etc. etc.
> 
> Whether it's better than OS/2 is another question, but I still prefer AmigaOS
> to anything else I've used.

I'll vote for that!!!


> David Meiklejohn

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