Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!lag From: lag@pawl.rpi.edu (Jose Raffucci) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Industry Publications Ignoring the Amiga. Message-ID: <3JF^8$-@rpi.edu> Date: 13 Dec 90 01:05:19 GMT References: <1990Dec12.064751.22959@cs.umu.s <27665324-37ff.3comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.xei.com> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 36 Nntp-Posting-Host: pawl11.pawl.rpi.edu Ok, so maybe the magazines of the world *are* ignoring the amy to a degree, but what about C= ignoring it's potentially life-saving market? The way I see it, the student market is the only thing that's going to really save them, especially schools like mine, i.e. engineering and tech schools. You say that the business market is everything and that we have not even knicked it. What would happen if highly specialized graduates trickled into the business world, and their companies would depend on them as advisors on computers, and say, they just *happend* to know what the amiga could do, and the price vs. performance stats? It just might change things a little. Sadly, all I see at fairs around here are Mac's, IBM's, a few SPARC's, and now, some NeXT's. Even if those same people goggled at the output on the next, what would happen if there were some 3000UX's sitting nearby so that they could compare? The people here know what a computer is capable of doing, and how to make it do what they want. True, we are not the general public, but we're the ones that will be developing for large companies in the future. Anyone following this? I was pretty disappointed when I saw the NeXT here the other day, and everyone (including myself) was goggling over them. I sat down and tried to max it, and unfortunately for them, I bogged it down rather easily. People saw that and they knew exactly what was going on, it's SLOW. Now, before you start flaming, let me say that I'm not getting into the war, i'm only pointing out what many of you already know. Educational discounts are NOT enough. We need a little more support and initiative. I hate to whine, but I feel rather envious that here I am, watching inferior machines get supported by their companies, and people who would probably end up buying an amy if given the chance, not doing so...tis sad, tis true. I think that we, the users have done a whole hell of a lot to sell this machine, C= is getting their act together, but I really want this machine to keep going... -laggie -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I will not encourage others to fly... L.A.G.N.A.F. // The Amigoids from hell, lag@pawl.rpi.edu \X/ Renssepolytechnitute lagnaf@mts.rpi.edu