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In article <1993Jan11.021216.13462@bsu-ucs> 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
>My thoughts to that point (thinking more generally) are that MOST people don't
>NEED to program in GNU C++.  This places a hard-drive back into the nice-but-
>still-a-luxury catagory.  Sorry, it's still $$ (and a maybe a smattering of
>nostalgia) that holds me out of the clone-realm.  I'll probably cross the
>threshhold some time after a hard-drive for this ST costs more than a complete
>clone system.  And that's not likely to happen soon.

I suppose the *computer* is still in a nice-but-still-a-luxury
category, eh?  Pencil and paper works JUST FINE, provided you're
willing to wait.  Such reactionary arugments are ridiculous.  We're not
talking about cutting edge stuff here; hard drives have ben standard
for years now.

>I believe someone said something about that being a beta copy, or unliscenced
>or something.  Of course pirating is not so unfamiliar to many clone users.

Frankly, your generalizations only make it obvious that you'll find any
excuse to criticize people who own clones or (gasp) just like them.  I
KNOW how cheap ST people are from painful personal experience, so don't
talk to me about piracy, not paying for shareware, etc.  YOU are part
of the reason the ST market sucks so much I have to leave it
completely.  YOU are the one who says, "I can't pay $50 for OS
software."  PC people pay for software in enough numbers that they
support massive development efforts.  Both good and bad software comes
out of these, but the market is certainly strong.

>Anywho, it sounds like you're on the right track.  Buy what you need.
>Use will-power.  Buy only what you need.  The clone-realm is prone to
>draw a man to gadget hell.  Look at them, look at what Atari can do,
>look at what MAC can do.

Atari's simply aren't competetive anymore.  Face it, if you bought a
new machine, would it be an ST?  If so, then you really are deluded
beyond all hope.  Apple's soon not going to even HAVE a 68000 machine
in their line -- they're just too darn slow by today's standards.

Dave Baggett
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