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- From: exuhag@exu.ericsson.se (James Hague)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: problems w/comp.sys.apple2
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.145421.863@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 14:54:21 GMT
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- X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
- Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
- user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.
-
- Frank Lowney writes:
- >
- >(3) The quality of messages here has deteriorated to the point where I
- >rarely read any msg that doesn't really grab me with the subject header.
- >The others I delete wholesale w/o reading them. I am particularly put off
- >by the personal attacks that have increased in frequency and pitch lately.
- >These folks need to seek out a counseling forum and learn how to deal with
- >their anger and immaturity, this is not the place for it.
-
- Unfortunately, this is true of almost every newsgroup.
-
- >(4) The whining about Apple, Inc. policies is a real "downer" and seems not
- >to serve any worthwhile purpose.
-
- I've been through a couple of computer orphanings already and, in
- retrospect, all the whining didn't accomplish anything. It would
- have been much better to just support and use the machine than to
- rant about how idiotic the parent company's marketing was or to
- fanatically go on about how my computer is superior to all others
- ever developed.
-
- --
- James Hague
- exuhag@exu.ericsson.se
-