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From: jmeissen@oregon.oacis.org ( Staff OACIS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Object-oriented drawing IFF spec? (and other q's)
Message-ID: <35@oregon.oacis.org>
Date: 19 Oct 90 17:25:23 GMT
References: <1990Oct17.172923.16645@agate.berkeley.edu> <15241@cbmvax.commodore.com> <28953@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Oregon Advanced Computing Institute (OACIS)
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In article <28953@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU writes:
>You know, amidst all the flames, worries, nagging and low profit margins --
>it must be said that Commodore is doing a fantastic job at an extraordinary
>number of tasks.  And they ought to be thanked for it as publicly as they
>have been flamed.
>
>			T H A N K   Y O U !
>

This sentiment conveniently echos my thought of the past couple of days.

Before Amiga, Commodore was primarily a hardware manufacturer. Now they
sell systems. There is an important difference. In addition to developing
the next generation technology, they have also had to establish similar
efforts in operating system and display (GUI) technology, third-party
developer support, integrated and verticle market solutions, customer
support for a complex machine. Although their progress hasn't been as
fast as many would like, I feel they have done remarkably well given
their financial resources, and applaud them for the work they have
accomplished.

The competition may be narrowing the gap, but I would like to thank Commodore
and Amiga (the people and the machine) for the incredible productivity they
have provided me during the last 5 years.

-- 
John Meissen .............................. Oregon Advanced Computing Institute
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