Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!rice!uupsi!grebyn!ckp From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Industry Publications Ignoring the Amiga. Message-ID: <23958@grebyn.com> Date: 12 Dec 90 00:22:22 GMT References: <1990Dec11.041707.29818@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Reply-To: ckp@grebyn.UUCP (Checkpoint Technologies) Organization: Grebyn Timesharing, Vienna, VA, USA Lines: 43 In article <1990Dec11.041707.29818@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dsherif@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (Darin D Sheriff) writes: >In article WHE46@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett) writes: >> [ Why publications don't write about the Amiga, boils down to ] >> ...the Amiga is NOT a serious influence on the computer >>industry, especially in the U.S. The installed base of Amigas in the >>U.S. is only slightly above 500,000 units, compared to an installed >>base of 3 Million Macintosh computers and over 10 Million IBM- >>compatible systems. Magazine authors and editors always write for >>the largest audience, and the Amiga audience is totally insignificant >>compared to the audience of Mac and IBM users. >> >> [ ...and how most Amigas are A500's in homes. ] >> >> -MB- > >Sigh. I could answer him and point out the flaws in his argument but I need >to work on a programming assignment for class on my under-represented, >misunderstood, poor doomed game machine and don't have the time. Anyone care >to oblige? Nope. I think he's got it right on the money. The only exception, the single profession market for the Amiga is video production, where it has made a name for itself. Read the video magazines and you'll see that they cover the Amiga quite heavily. The Amiga has not made the smallest dent in the business market, which is where the money is, and where all the focus in the USA is. The business desktop has been taken by the PC. It's not even a marketplace anymore, it's an institution taken completely for granted by everyone involved. The Amiga has no chance there, and therefore will never receive any better press in the business and PC trade rags. It may penetrate new markets, perhaps the A3000UX will create a new view of desktop Unix machines. All this remains to be seen. -- First comes the logo: C H E C K P O I N T T E C H N O L O G I E S / / \\ / / Then, the disclaimer: All expressed opinions are, indeed, opinions. \ / o Now for the witty part: I'm pink, therefore, I'm spam! \/