Re: The Apple ][ was crap

[robert.mitchell@SPAMOFFscottish-southern.co.uk (mitch)]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 06:56:09 GMT, "william strutts"
<wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:


>
>The problem with Crossposting is that it is sent to start a flamewar.
>Most crossposters will post a message to multiple groups knowing
>that it will inflame each group differently.  For instance, posting a
>glowing review of an Apple product in a Commodore forum will
>get Commodore people irate and feel they need to defend their
>platform of choice.  Posting negative comments on the Commodore
>platform also has the same effect if a message is crossposted to
>that forum. On the other hand, if the message was crossposted
>to the Tandy forum, they might agree with how horrible the
>Commodore was and cause the Commodore people to get defensive.

Post negative comments about the speccy in c.s.s, however, and most
people will just nod along, adding that "Yes, it was crap - but in a
funky skillo kinda way.", before proceeding to debate the relative
merits of the old style monster munch.   Especially the bacon ones.

Mmmmmm.

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