CompuServe Messages

Since I currently own both (and attend meetings for both (in fact I once was an officer in the local Atari group, had to quit that since I didn't have enough time)) I suspect that you are more likely to notice the attacks on the machine you like (Amiga) than you are the ones against the other. So the user group you went to was run by jerks who "excomumicated" you for liking the Amiga over the ST. That doesn't prove anything except that the officers of the group didn't like you. (In almost all user groups I've ever been to the officers were "god" and the average member followed meekly along. (Which has frightening implications for life outside user groups. But that isn't the subject here.)) I also know people who've been "excomunicated" from CBM groups for liking the ST. I will agree that Atari management seems to be making more attacks against other computers than CBM, but so do most of the other computer companies. Atari's are more biased than most such ads are, but no a whole lot more. (Jack seems to be contagious, other companies are slowing adopting some of his tactics.) The current Atari ads I feel are just as bad as the old C64 ads that were made when he was still at CBM. (And like I said above, most users are just followers. And to them the head of "their" computer company is god. (The funny part is that Jack isn't head of Atari, Sam is.)) This makes some Atari people worse than some Amiga people. But the converse is also true. I'm also dissappointed with the press. But then I've almost always been less than impressed with the coverage of the "small" players (not Apple or IBM) in the computer world. From the amount of bad coverage of computer and computer related events this year I would say that most members of the computer press _never_ check the facts on anything. (At least most members of the "real" press try to check the facts. They may not do a very good job, but it is better than the computer press does.) Dan