Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!corpane!sparks From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Future directions??? Message-ID: <830@corpane.UUCP> Date: 20 Jun 89 15:01:19 GMT References: <3920@sugar.hackercorp.com> <2030188@hpcilzb.HP.COM> Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY Lines: 55 <596@bnr-fos.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc. Keywords: In article limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: >Opinions are like belly-buttons, everyone has one. Luckily, C=A has a >forum for suggestions like yours. If you really have a vested >interest in the future of the Amiga, you could pay $300-$400 and go to >DevCon and partake in the "Beyond 1.4" discussion. If you can't >afford that, do what most people that are qualified do: become a >registered developer and join the private BIX conference for >developers only. The signal/noise ratio is quite good there. Ah, so you are saying that Commodore will only take you serious if you pay to be heard (BIX, DEVCON). I can't believe that. The 6 months I have been here I have noticed how responsive and helpful all the guys over at C-A have been. That they listen is obvious. And I believe that they have some influence over what happens at Commodore. I don't want to have to pay BIX money so I can talk to commodore. I know that the guys at C-A can't take every suggestion seriously but I am sure that they do read them all and consider them. Then they weed out the bad ones and the ones that are too costly to implement. That's all we can ask for: To be listened to and considered. And I think that usenet fills that just fine. > >You should consult the monthly "Intro to comp.sys.amiga" posting for >more information (esp.read about the fact that CATS are on Usenet by their >own will, so gripes at them is discouraged. On the other hand, they I am not a developer (I don't even play one on the net) but If I was, I would want to hear bug reports and complaints even if I wasn't being paid to be on usenet. How else do you find what needs fixing? Osmosis? Now, being rude with a complaint and calling names is discouraged ANYWHERE. People don't tend to listen to people who are rude, obnoxious, and uncivilized. If CATS is on the net, then I assume that they are here to help out. Otherwise why be on here as CATS? >are paid to be on BIX so you can bitch at them all you want) Like I said above: bitching gets you no where except ignored. > >-Tom -- John Sparks | {rutgers|uunet}!ukma!corpane!sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps ||||||||||||||| sparks@corpane.UUCP | 502/968-5401 thru -5406 Help fight continental drift.