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On or about 18 Jun 96 23:52:45 MEZ, Dr. Peter Kittel (peterk@combo.ganesha.com) did proclaim:

( No, I did not yet use AFS, and my motivation to try it permanently
( diminishes when reading about it. In my eyes it raises too high claims
( which it cannot hold, and it's even a higher risk for my data than
( old FFS, if I follow all the reports here.

( But obviously a bit number of others can. If it were only one or two
( guys, ok, but they count by the dozens.


Well, gee. How'd you ever work for Commodore/Amiga, seeing that more than
"one or two guys" have said Commodore are crap, shall never see the
light of day, etc.. etc..

The point is, you expect people to give the amiga the benefit of the 
doubt; have great asperations for the ami; it'll be this; it'll be
that.  How many times have Amiga users/followers heard tripe like
that?  You fully expect them to "stick it out"--not to listen to
the doomsayers-- yet you yourself are doing it now with regards to
AFS.  Try it on a small partition with files that aren't super-important
to you.  If you like it, then go for a full install. You don't like
it? then nothing lost.  Of course, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You of all ppl, Dr.Kittle, must realize that it's next to impossible
to track down problems (shift blame) to one thing (AFS) considering
the wide and varied custom setups of the amigas out there.  I'm
betting that 99% of the complaints are caused by hardware, not
AFS.  I bet you could have retired if you had a nickle for everytime
some amiga user claimed Commodore (insert whoever the hell owns it these
days) wasn't supporting their users, or were accused of releasing 
known problem software/hardware.   Rumors abound.  Interesting how
you expect the masses to disbelieve them when they were aimed at
your employeer (hence indirectly at you), yet you, too, are quick to
jump on the very same bandwagon.  

These newsgroups represent mostly atypical amiga users, and a very small
fraction at that.  Basing one's schemas on a microcosm is just plain
foolish.

Sorry, it's not meant to be a personal attack.  I just find it hard
to believe that a man as well read as yourself, and fully versed
in the computer field/related techologies, would take such a stand.

Cheers!

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