OT = How Does Shrapnel Stay In Business

dogscoff · #34 August 3rd, 2001, 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by LCC: **** WITHOUT THOSE THREE WE WOULD BE TEN YEARS INTO THE NEXT GENERATION ALREADY ****

Damn right. Wintel vs The world (particularly the demise of the Amiga) is a story of crap technology/ superior marketing triumphing over superior technology/ crap marketing. Sad really.

Oh, and about the Amiga - yeah, I ran out of blind optimism years ago (in the "dark years" of the Amiga) but I still maintain a glimmer of hope, and I think it's a cause worth supporting. Amiga is a good philosophy as well as a fine system, and when the time comes to support them with my wallet, I'll be there.

I own and use a PC only reluctantly. I bought my current machine because I was broke and it was the cheapest way to get Online. I have upgraded it to 2 or 3 times it's previous capacity, but at a *total* cost of UKP150 (~USD300) at the most. I refuse to invest serious money in PC hardware, because the of the absurd depreciation which has been created by the artificial progress of {BIG NUMBER} PC culture.

As soon as a viable alternative to my PC (ie something good for Space empires and net access) appears within my price range, be it Amiga, Linux, Mac or other I will buy it and pass my PC back into circulation.

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[This message has been edited by dogscoff (edited 03 August 2001).]