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From: admiral@m-5.Sun.COM (Michael Limprecht SUN Microsystems Mt. View Ca.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore Top Management
Summary: Amiga hardware /R&D
Message-ID: <134315@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 11 Apr 90 20:35:39 GMT
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In article <16463@snow-white.udel.EDU>, BARRETT%FOREST.ECIL.IASTATE.EDU@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
> 
>   The Commodore upper management people do seem to finally have their
> acts together.  Commodore now has an absolutely top-notch crack R&D
> team, especially in software development.  Hardware development could
> be better, though, but is suffering from the two years whem under
> Max Toy, R&D funds for Amiga projects were cut back somewhat in favor
> of R&D on PC clone hardware.
> 
I'm going to withhold judgement about hardware developement until I see
the A3000. If just just another rehash of old Amy architecture with a
faster processor then I'm not so sure. The Amiga needs a serious overhaul
after six years if CBM wants to keep up or stay ahead with PC's and Mac's.

This isn't the fault of the R&D staff itself, I'm sure they are a talented
bunch, but of the management leading it. They make the decisions on what to
do. Save the flames on limited budgets and so forth. CBM has burned there
cash on PC clones and overpriced bridgeboards, not on the next generation
Amiga. 

Please CBM, prove me wrong with the A3000.

-Mick

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