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From: tep@tots.UUCP (Tom Perrine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 3000
Summary: other possible competitors
Keywords: SPARCintosh, SPARClite, Mac IIfx
Message-ID: <120@tots.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 90 01:22:33 GMT
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On the subject of other competitors to the much-rumored Amiga 3000:

It appears that the (also much-rumored) Sun SPARClite/SPARCintosh is
due on April 15 (just in time for tax refunds??). Rumors are somewhat
contradictory (just like the A3000 rumors), but the price point
appears to be US$3000, Qty 1. Of course this is almost certainly mono,
*might be* diskless, but will have 4-8MB+, plus a built-in Ethernet,
etc. It won't do video (or sound) worth a ****, but it is an
affordable UNIX box. There are other low-cost SPARCclones waiting in
the wings, from Toshiba, Solbourne and Goldstar. Price points for
these others have been mentioned as low as US$2500 with a disk.

Don't get me wrong. I *love* my Amiga, but I have been waiting so long
for UNIX for this beastie, that my head might be turned.

I hope Commodore gets its act together on marketing *real soon*,
especially in the government sector. Some indication of long-range
plans is not just nice, its a requirement. Its not enough for them to
say "expect some great things in the next 8 months"; when I want to
bid low-cost workstations for a Gov't contract thats going to start in
6-9 months, I need to bid stuff that isn't already on the shelf, now,
but will be then. If I don't, my competitor will, and I lose. I can't
bid Amiga 3000's because I can't get any non-disclosure info out of
Commodore.

Sorry, didn't mean to flame. My point is that Commodore is not the
only game in town, especially in the UNIX market; and as much as I
love my Amiga, I need to see more advertising (to convince our
Contracts people and the Gov't that Commodore is serious), a faster
time to market with new products, and better support for
non-disclosure information.



Tom Perrine (tep)
Logicon (Tactical and Training Systems Division) San Diego CA (619) 455-1330
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