CompuServe Messages

For the past year and few months, we who have decided on the Amiga as the computer of our choice, have been subjected to many abuses from the Atari community. A slew of misinformation spreading; false and ridiculously false accusations about the fate of this machine and CBM; perposterous denounciations about the relative merits of the Amy as compared with the ST's; the propagation of rumors – usually bits of information taken out of context; or the intermixture of bits of truth and half-truths. I think the most frightening thing is that Atari itself manages to instigate this negative 'campagne effort', whether through well calculated phrasing of their announcements, or talks they give in magazine interviews, or the more latent emotionalism they inspire in their consumer/developer community. By the way, has anyone ever seen a non-fanatic Atari owner – excluding developers? I've seen a cross section of at least 10 Atari communities who, quite frankly seemed brainwashed that the ST is the most superior machine: they all seem to be of 1 mind, consistent with articles that might give praise to their 16 bitter, and are devoid of rationalization beyond that which is produced by a popular magazine article or by the 'ALMIGHTY ANNOUNCEMENT' given by the Tramiels' themselves. The problem with all this is that its doing real harm to the Amiga community. (continued……)