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From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Two Millionth Amiga Sold
Keywords: Rumors
Message-ID: <8024@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Date: 29 Nov 90 07:31:28 GMT
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In article <1990Nov28.093513.1405@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au> hunter@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (James Gardiner [hunter]) writes:
>In <1990Nov21.222141.17188@IRO.UMontreal.CA> martin@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Martin) writes:
>
>>   They simply base their decision on money.  As I heard (rumors...)
>>NeXT went to Lotus maker's with a little check, and asked for the port.
>
>>   I heard that Commodore recently discovered this technique... 
>>(rumors...)  :-)
>
>
>not a rumor..  IBM RISK series.  From what I have heard,  IBM are forking out
>millions just to get programs ported to there NEW power BOX.
>It is also known that the prices they are paying for this are VERY HIGH
>as AIX is suppose to be a DOG.

That's funny.  I was under the impressions that the new PowerStations
run (dramatic pause) NextStep.  After all, IBM did licence it from
NeXT.  They have to do SOMETHING with it....

So (to get back to Amigas), who says Commodore is doing something
(other than excellent developer support, to throw a bone to you CATS
guys) to encourage development for the Amiga?  I would like to
"encourage" WordPerfect Corp. to release an update, so things work
more smoothly on my 3000.  Encouragement would preferably be in the
form of the application of a blunt instrument.  Of course, I do
appreciate the Amiga port in the first place.  I just wish it would
work better under 2.0.

						-Dan

           Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
           Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.