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From: navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas)
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Subject: Re: Still no Ami businessware.
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Date: 20 Mar 91 21:40:02 GMT
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In article <00669169208@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM> elg@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM (Eric Lee Green) writes:
>I wonder where you get your perception about Commodore not hiring
>programmers/engineers?

Perhaps I overstated my point :)

I merely meant to say that Cmdre does not have sufficient resources to meet
*our* demands.  I seem to recall Peter Cherna defending the situation vis-a-vis
GadTools -- the fact that a lot more programming needed to have been done
shows the situation to me.  Sure, they *are* hiring -- that's good, but like
I said you have to look at the results.  At least, that's what I'm doing here.

>As for paying
>developers to develop software, I can't say anything -- I'm under
>nondisclosure -- but Commodore hasn't remained totally out of that either.

Off line and to e-mail.  I'm under non-disclosure as well. :)

I believe I wrapped up somewhere saying that the situatuation seems to be
improving, just wish they'd get on with it.  :)

>Just because they haven't paid Lotus $40 million dollars to build an Amiga
>version of 1-2-3 doesn't mean that Commodore is standing still... all it

True.  But there's an insidious cause-and-effect problem.  *If* quality
professional software is written for the Amiga, then it becomes a
valid machine to buy for a wider market, meaning Cmdre makes more money,
so they can "finance" more professional software.  But there are a few cliffs
one has to fall off first...  Oh well, analogy didn't stick up, but you get
my point...

I found an interesting article dated 1985 that describes why the Amiga is
not well suited for business.  I might post it, just for kicks.

David Navas                                   navas@cory.berkeley.edu
Signature erased, because it used to be something snide against the Mac. 
undergoing recnstrctn. [Also try c186br@holden, c260-ay@ara and c184-ap@torus]