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From: bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Bob Luneski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Developers Read this Part III
Message-ID: <9878@pogo.WV.TEK.COM>
Date: 27 Sep 90 23:02:51 GMT
References: <1407@winnie.fit.edu>
Reply-To: bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Bob Luneski)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.
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In article <1407@winnie.fit.edu> rcs91900@zach.fit.edu ( Charles Stockman /ADVISOR-Clutterham) writes:
>>   If ( I support the Amiga Community )
>>   then
>>       the Amiga software I want will never be built
>
>The reason why I complain is that I want developers to write software that I 
>want so that I will have an urge to buy !!!  You see all I am telling de-
>velopers is that I want to buy software, but they need to make the software 
>is want !!!!  I WANT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPER COMMUNTIY
>
>creditials :
  -- impressive list of purchases --

No one is questioning your admirable support of the Amiga community, the basic
problem lies in the fact that there are simply not enough Amiga owners using
the Amiga for the scientific applications you mentioned to warrant development 
in thses niche markets.  You need to look at the developers decision tree:

IF( A significant market need exists AND There exists a large enough market 
    to justify significant development resources AND there is a HIGH 
    probablility that development costs will be recovered and a profit will 
    be realized) then a product will be developed to fill that need.

Commodore is making some very good progress at making thier machines more 
attractive to markets other than games and video.  We are however left with
a vicious circular dilema: No software without a user base - No user base
without software to attract it.  Hopefully the progress that CBM is making 
will cause more serious developers to take the risk.

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