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From: smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: OPEN LETTER TO CBM
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Date: 22 Dec 90 06:50:06 GMT
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In article <55693.661119761@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca> rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond) writes:
>In a message posted on 12 Dec 90 15:31:31 GMT,
>davidm@sugar.hackercorp.com (David Martin) wrote:
>DM>  Why doesn't Commodore support some form of developer
>DM>support system similar to Apple computers Macintosh
>
>It's called CATS, and they have been doing the best job of any computer. I know
>people who program for the Amiga  AS WELL AS Mac and IBM, and they say that they
>get the best support from Commodore.  I myself am biased, as I do most of my
>stuff on the Amiga, so don't have much to compare to.

At least in quantity of material, Apple wins hands down. But for 600 bucks a 
year, I want to see my mailbox FULL. Apple sends out monthly developer's
mailings which are typically 1" thick or more. Of course maybe thats a  
testament more to the difficulty of programming the mac. . . :-)

My october mailing came in a 4" thick box. 

One nice thing that Apple does is
to send out copies of their marketing flyers, ads and videotapes. They sent
me a copy of the Mac LC/SI introduction, and other promotional material. 

They also supply developers with CD-ROMs chock full of code examples, 
older OS versions for compatibility checks, utilities and so on, 3 or 4
times a year. (The disks come with cute names like "Bill and Ted's Excellent
CD" or "The Night of the Living Disk".


                                       >> mike smithwick <<

Any opinions are my own since nobody else would ever want them.

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