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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re:  The Amiga's Future
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1991 04:51:23 GMT

In article <244@touch.touch.com> mikeh@touch.touch.com (Mike Haas) writes:
>In article <micke.1958@slaka.sirius.se> micke@slaka.sirius.se (Mikael Karlsson) writes:
>>In article <1991Jun7.233654.24493@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>>>[..]
>>>   The Amiga's clipboard cannot be fixed, as it is too unsupported and
>>
>>Marc, I think this is the first time I've seen you state something
>
>Y'know, guys, if we just IGNORE him, he'll probably go away.  :-/
>

	We tried that already. Didn't work. 8-)

	Marc is really amazing. Sometimes he points out important
things (not that they haven't been pointed out before, though).
The amount of R&D spending and need for DIG/24-bit are very
important factors.
	But what is equally amazing is the amount of blatant
lies/errors (I don't know which) which he regularly comes out
with. The most recent example being his statement that the
Clipboard was designed from the beginning to only handle ASCII.
	I still remember when within a 48 hour period he posted
SEVEN articles all lambasting the Amiga for not having 24-bit
graphics. That was the one he ended with "Call me an asshole if
you want." Most people did. 8-)
	-- Ethan

Now the world has gone to bed,		Now I lay me down to sleep,
Darkness won't engulf my head,		Try to count electric sheep,
I can see by infrared,			Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night.			How I hate the night.   -- Marvin
