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From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore at FCC
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Date: 21 Sep 90 16:06:00 GMT
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In article <4cf1554a.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> I wrote:
>    IMO, NeXT is doing the right things technically and marketeerwise to
>    succeed in a big way in multimedia.  Another MM platform that drinks
>    from the s/w developer pool means fewer developers working on the
>    Amiga in that area, I'd think.  Cost of the platform could work in
>    NeXT's favor, actually -- if I were a MM developer, and I believed
>    that I could sell 1,000 copies of my FooWare at $1,000 each on the
>    NeXT, I'd take that over possibly 10,000 copies at $100 each on the
>    Commodore.

I should've clarified by adding that I don't think Commodore's interest
in MM and NeXT's interest in MM necessarily lie in the same areas.  "Multi-
media" is an ill-defined term, with even fuzzier classes of applications.
I can imagine a NeXT being used in sales-force training MM, f'rinstance,
where cost of the platform isn't so much the issue as how much it saves
over traditional training.  Seems like Commodore wants the entertainment
& cost-conscious entertainment segments of MM.  Hmmm, perhaps C= and NeXT
won't muddy eachother's waters after all...
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