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From: jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson)
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Subject: Re: Macs etc.
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Date: 16 Oct 90 22:34:58 GMT
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Dennis_Grant@CMR001.BITNET writes:

>     You see, looks count for a lot when you sell things.
> [...]
>     The Mac OS looks much better than Workbench. 256 color icons? Useless,
>I agree, but damn they look cool. Even MS windows looks better (read -
>more professional) than poor old WB. It is difficult to look at WB and take
>it seriously.

I totally agree.  I think the 2.0 WB looks a little more professional, but
the Mac, with all it's problems, I think still has a much better LOOKING
display (and the NeXT is the ultimate in good looks, that I've seen).

>     To the Commodore crew who may read this: You probably already know all
>this, and don't need another person riding you, so I won't make this a
>habit.

I don't know about this one...I'm sure we all have dreams of what we would
have liked the Amiga 3000 to be, and dreams of what we think the 4000 should
be, and I don't think that Commodore has different dreams, but from what they
are selling, I seriously doubt if the Amiga can hold on in the light of the
new NeXTs and Macs coming out.  I can only hope that the competition will
provide a well-needed kick-in-the-pants for Commodore.

> As I understand it, work is being done right now to address this
>very problem. Great. That's perfect. But unfortunately, your time is rather
>short. It needs to be done quickly - and established deadlines must be met.
>I told a bunch of IBM VGA dweebs that in mid September I was going to blow
>them into the weeds with my new OS/chipset, and, quite frankly, they're
>laughing at me now. Perhaps (and I mean this seriously, not sarcasticly)
>you could let us know what is going on?

I'm all for letting the public in on what's going on especially at a
somewhat early stage because then the public can say, "Yeah, that's good - go
with it," or, "No!  We need <blah...>"

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>| Dennis Grant DETUD595@CMR001.BITNET |   There ain't no replacement |
>| Computer Science (Systems) student  |   for cubic displacement.    |
>| at CMR.       (The "other" MilCol)  |                              |
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