Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!bucsb!crewman From: crewman@bucsb.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga/Atari St sales figure (really a counter-flame) Message-ID: <2261@bucsb.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 04:08:06 GMT References: <8812021519.AA24321@decwrl.dec.com> Reply-To: crewman@bucsb.bu.edu (Jerry Shekhel) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 27 In article <8812021519.AA24321@decwrl.dec.com> schabacker@frocky.dec.com (Tim, posting for C. Balzer) writes: > >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. > That is a contradictory statement, as well as a false one. On a REALLY PURE technological level, the Amiga and the ST are the same computer. Think about it. On an OS level, superiority is debatable and based on opinion. I, for example, loathe VMS and love Unix, while some people feel the opposite. >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. Agreed, especially about Intel. >It would be much nicer flaming you if I knew your name, but JJS? >Nah, no fun at all flaming some stupid three letters. If flaming is what you consider fun, I feel sorry for you. -- JJS