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From: costello@eplrx7.uucp (Tim Costello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Tek graphics emulation.
Message-ID: <1989Oct29.211939.18057@eplrx7.uucp>
Date: 29 Oct 89 21:19:39 GMT
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From article <20893@usc.edu>, by papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa):
> 
> It is a chicken and egg problem. Until we can be assured of minimum sales
> to fund the rest of the development, we can't do it.  The Amiga sales in
> the technical field currently do not support that assurance (and no publisher
> seems to be convinced that he could assure us ANY sales).

	Well, this is a personal opinion, but by in large I'd say that the
MAC caught on around here (and it is BIG here at Du Pont) because of only
three or four programs.  One of them was VersaTerm Pro, a 4105 emulator.

	One of the others was Chem Draw a chemical structure building
program.  I really doubt we'll see a similar program for the Amiga for a
long time.

	BOTH of these programs were done by small, independent developers.
Niche markets you might say but it points out that software was the deciding
factor leading to the hardware decision.  So which is the egg?
> 
> Shareware? You were joking, right?  At tonight PAX meeting, it was noticed

	I'm just looking for some way to have this software appear.

> of how many of the 'earlier' Amiga developers (including myself) now are NOT 
> developing for the Amiga any more.  Is it a trend? I don't know.

	And I hope not.

> 
> -- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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Tim Costello
Du Pont
Medical Products
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