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From: jimmy@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jimmy Chan)
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Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
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Date: 16 Mar 91 08:38:06 GMT
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In article <7920@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Corey) writes:
>Well actually this is a very serious point about the Amiga.  The main reason
>"big" software developers ignore the amiga.  The Amiga has the most pirates
>of any platform.  They don't pirate to "try and buy".  They just pirate.
>[stuff deleted]

The main reason "big" software developers don't develop for the Amiga is 
because most of the so-called "big" software developers, you happen to be
talking about are located in the US.  Admittedly the number of Amigas in the
US is small but in Europe the Amiga is a big seller.  Everyone seems to be 
clamoring about having the "big" software developers writing for their 
machines but if a similar product was developed for a computer by a
"small" software developer and was done as good or even better, then I would
be just as satisfied. 

I do think that your image of Amiga have the most pirates is absurd.  Amigas
have their share of pirates just like any other computer, except for game 
consoles...8-), no more and no less.  The one problem with pirates on the
Mac is that they don't realize that they are stealing as a major portion of
users that I have to deal with a novices and don't have any idea that what 
they are doing is highly illegal.  I work in a Macintosh lab and even after
working with the Mac I still went out and bought an Amiga.  Working in the
a Mac Lab, I've seen many, many users come into our Lab to print on the
Laserwriters with their own software that when I asked, they mostly say they 
got it from their professor, friend or just copied from another lab. 

Someone even posted many For Sale Ads on the bulletin boards in our building
selling his Mac SE w/ Hard Drive for $1200 with many commercial programs
installed that he definitely pirated.