Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!frocky.dec.com!schabacker From: schabacker@frocky.dec.com (Tim, posting for C. Balzer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga/Atari St sales figure (really a counter-flame) Message-ID: <8812021519.AA24321@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 2 Dec 88 15:19:46 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 74 [Please send followups via e-mail or direct 'em to NIL:] [I'm a patient guy, but ignorance and stupidity drive me nuts!] Look what I found in this newsgroup by "JJS" or "crewman": >Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga >Path: decwrl!labrea!rutgers!gatech!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!bucsb!crewman >Subject: Re: Amiga/Atari St sales figure >Posted: 21 Nov 88 20:11:14 GMT >Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. > >In article <8811171333.AA07749@decwrl.dec.com> schabacker@frocky.dec.com (Tim, posting for C. Balzer) writes: > >> >>The Amiga is at least selling better in Germany than any other 68xxx >>based system... >> > >But then, later on in the same article: > >> >>As far as I know and see it, the "defeat" of the ST line in Germany >>didn't happen and probably never will. There are simply to many ST's >>sold here, more of them are doing "real" work than Amigas, ... >> > >Obviously you didn't know that the Atari ST is a 68000-based system, >or you wouldn't have made the first statement. Finally: Of course I know that, denso. How about thoroughly reading my posting over??? To simplify it for you: 1. Amiga is currently the best selling 68xxx machine in Germany. 2. Atari ST's are too widespread and too often used in professional work to become extinct over night. >> >>They're cheaper than an Amy. And some people will ALWAYS go for the >>lower price tag instead of superior functionality. >> > >This must be a joke. A comment about ST functionality from someone who >doesn't even know what kind of system it is. I wish you could keep your >ignorant commentary to yourself. I have both systems. I like both. At >least I am informed. You're just begging for a flame war. > > -- JJS I DON'T own an Atari ST. But I've seen and used more than you can shake a stick at. I shall not be the initiator of another "My System is better than yours" war, but on a PURE technological and OS level, the Amiga beats the hell out of an ST. I'll honestly confess that there are superior software packages in some application areas for the ST. I also like both systems (in fact anything that hasn't an I*t*l processor), but I LOVE the Amiga. So you see, I'm informed after all. Since all you seem to be begging for is a great deal of embarassment, you're welcome. It would be much nicer flaming you if I knew your name, but JJS? Nah, no fun at all flaming some stupid three letters. --- _ _ / / | \ \ aka Christian Balzer - The Software Brewery - < < |-< > decwrl!frambo.dec.com!schabacker OR schabacker@frambo.dec.com \ \_ |_/ / CIS: 71001,210 (be brief!), Phone: +49 6150 4151 ------------ Snail: Im Wingertsberg 45, D-6108 Weiterstadt, F.R.G. Again, sorry for this drivel, but it keeps my psychologist's bill low.