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From: jss@sjuvax.UUCP (Jonathan Shapiro)
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Subject: Re: 32016 bug summary wanted...
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Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 19:29:35 EST
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[Aren't you hungry...?]

	Now, now, gentlemen, before we get real flames going, I spoke to Richard
Mateosian about his comments, and let me back up what he said.

	His interpretation of my complaint was that my information had come
from competitors and some dissatisfied customers who have been particularly
nasty about false rumors. If competitors had fed me bad stories, I would agree
with him. The fact is that they didn't.  Dissatisfied customers, on
the other hand, speak for themselves and are right to do so.  My
information had come from the net and from several almost but not quite
satisfied National customers.

	Why there are unsatisfied National customers is subject to comment, but
I will refrain.

	On the other hand, it seems to me that Motorola and National wasting my
cpu cycles and phone bills pointing fingers at each other and saying "You
are telling lies about me" is as bad as the misinformation that has come
out in the first place. That stuff should have been left in
kindergarden. If I had seriously considered using a 68000 series chip I
would have made sure I got the information from Motorola, not from
National. Other folks out there are at least as smart as I am and have the
benefit of greater experience.

	Unfortunately, Motorola won't do much of anything by way of
samples or availability commitments for anyone smaller than IBM. I haven't
seen any 68020 samples... It seems to me that National is for the moment
the way to go.

	Its a shame, really, because they are both potentially elegant chips,
and if Motorola actually had silicon for the 68020 I would do a design with
it if only because the 68000 did so well. As to availability and samples,
it would be worth their while.  You never know who is going to design the
next Machine.

Jon Shapiro