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From: charles@teslab.lab.OZ (Charles W. Widepy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: AmigadOS 2.0, RKM's, Devlopers
Summary: Commodore Australia does not support developers
Message-ID: <767@teslab.lab.OZ>
Date: 8 Jun 90 06:38:36 GMT
References: <2259@monu1.cc.monash.oz> <11918@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Reply-To: charles@teslab.lab.oz.au (Charles W. Widepy)
Organization: Technology Evaluation Section, L.A.B., Sydney
Lines: 29

In article <11918@cbmvax.commodore.com> carolyn@cbmvax (Carolyn Scheppner - CATS) writes:
>In article <2259@monu1.cc.monash.oz> ins778u@vax4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr  c.r. hames) writes:
>>3.  Could you describe the current developer support methods with regards
>>    to Australian programmers (yes there are quite a few).
>
>You'd have to contact your local developer support organization for this
>information.

This is the crap we, in Australia, have been getting for four years.

First, we contact Commodore Australia, who do nothing. Then we
contact Commodore in the U.S. who invariably say to talk to Commodore
Australia. This apparently is a policy decision from senior
management, that any developer enquiries have to be referred back to
Australia.

I think the main problem is that Commodore Australia have never made
a loss so Commodore thinks don't touch anything that seems to work.
Unfortunately, the success of Commodore products in Australia is due
more to the intelligence of the Australian consumer than to the
competence of the management of Commodore Australia.

There are a hell of a lot of developers in Australia, most of whom
are fed up with the total lack of support that Commodore is prepared
to give them!

Chuck.
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Charles Widepy (charles@teslab.lab.oz.au) Phone +61 (Aust) 2 (Sydney) 289 8715