From: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: lets get with it!
Date: 31 Jul 92 05:23:46 EST
Reply-To: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


 I have read hundreds of messages regarding the article written by
Mr. Robinson in the Washinton Post and the reply which followed by
Commodore. Half these message have sided with Commodore and the other
half with Mr. Robinson. Yet in all these messages I haven't read one
productive message. It's just as easy to praise Commodore as it is to
put them down. Are we not as resonisble for the state the Amiga is
in as Commodore is. Wishing for a new graphics chip isn't going to get
you one. There are thousands of users reading this message, yet how many
have taken the time to write Commodore. Not to tell them why they are
the worst company or why they are the best company. But to tell them
what I as a user would like to see on the Amiga Computer. If you are
upset because the Amiga is lacking in one area or another, why don't you
send Commodore a message.

 Many users out there believe Mr. Robinson should be praised for writing
his article. They would like to encourage him not to retract his
article. At the same time these users bash Commodore for making a stand.
They are upset because Commodore hasn't made any official press releases
to confirm all these rumours about new machines. If you are one of those
users who strongly believe Mr. Robinson was right, then let me make a
suggestion. Take a sledge hammer and smash your Amiga to a million
pieces, because sticking up for Mr. Robinson is no different. Mr.
Robinson owed Commodore a chance to respond to his article.

 I am not blind to what Commodore hasn't been doing, nor am I blind to
what state the Amiga is in. I agree with some of what Mr. Robinson has
to say, but I also belive that Mr. Robinson was irresponsible in the way
he presented his article. Mr. Robinson is not a perfesional on these
matters, what gives him the right to do that kind of harm to any
company. To say that the Amiga may only last for 5 more years is
rediculous. How do we know IBMs will be around in 5 years. With the way
technology is going there may be a completely new system on the market
replacing IBMs. It may be made by IBM or possibly by another company.
Mr. Robinson should have gotten his facts straight. Mr. Robinson wrote
that Commodore was not promoting the Amiga, yet he failed to contact
Commodore to find out what they had planned. He also failed to contact
Amiga users to find out what they thought about the Amiga and Commodore.

 As you probably have already guessed I will be one of those users
writing to Mr. Robinson. I will not demand that he retract his article
but I will insist that he write a follow up article with a more open
approach. I will ask him to cantact Commodore to find out what they have
to say and to reach out to Amiga users to find out why they love and
hate the Amiga. At the same time I will also be writing to Commodore. I
will tell Commodore that I was one of those users who stuck up for them.
I will also tell Commodore what I would like to see in the future. I'm
not going to tell them to get their act together and I'm not going to
praise them. I'm going to tell Commodore what I Iike and dislike about
their methods and how I think they can correct them.

 If you are for Commodore or for Mr. Robinson you at least owe Commodore
the right to have their say. Commodore is willing to make an effort to
ease relationships with it's users and they deserve a chance to prove
they are sincere. I urge all users to write Mr. Robinson and demand
Commodore have a right to make a stand. I also urge everyone to write
constructive message to Commodore to let them know what you would like
to see in the future and what you think they can do to improve their
position.

 Until you do this you have no right to leave a message on this net
 concerning the State of Commodore and the Amiga good or bad.

                                    Robert.Buonincontro@Canrem.com
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