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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MAC ][cx appraisal (long)
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Date: 28 Mar 90 01:59:25 GMT
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In article <35685@dcatla.UUCP> mclek@dcatla.UUCP (Larry E. Kollar) writes:
>[Bear with me, folks, this is kind of long.  But I speak as one who uses both
>a Mac and an Amiga regularly.]
>
>Several *magazines* have gone under, but I don't recall hearing of "many"
>*developers* going under recently.  New Amiga developers are starting up
>all the time.  Those who provide a decent level of customer support do
>well enough, from what I've seen.

	There have been several losses recently, such as CMI and C
Ltd. However, it is my understanding that all CMI products and most C
Ltd. products have been picked up. The other company was the software
company Aegis, and Oxxi picked up all their products. The problem is
that home grown companies have a hard time making it. Some do, some
don't. They may have a good product but poor management, in which case
they will go under and someone else will buy the product.
	In Magazines, we had over 10 magazines dedicated to the Amiga
if memory serves. There are barely that many for the Macintosh. The
losses were appropriate. Of course, I subscribed to three of the
downed mags, but that's another issue...

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	-- Ethan

Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

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