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From: ptoper@obelix (Andy Nagy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Still no Ami businessware.
Message-ID: <2440@ria.ccs.uwo.ca>
Date: 7 Mar 91 20:53:29 GMT
References: <1991Mar6.201318.11662@acd4.acd.com> <39774@cup.portal.com> <39832@cup.portal.com>
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In article <1991Mar6.201318.11662@acd4.acd.com>, swm@acd4.acd.com (
Scott W. Manzi (ICTT)) writes:
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> Gee, why does NeXT with a trivial installed base have MAJOR software
> vendors porting code to that machine?   because the COMPANY behind the
> machine motivated them to do so perhaps?
> 
> If Commodore wants to rise above the image of a game machine, it will have to
> take an ACTIVE part in doing so, and I don't mean just making a nice machine.
> I mean MOTIVATING the vendors to port their stuff to the Amiga platform, like
         ^^^^^^^^^^

	This typically means mucho money. Does C-A have (literaly) millions of 
dollars to pay WordPerfect, Lotus, Ashton-Tate etc ? 

> Jobs did...
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> Regards,
> 	Scott


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The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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