Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!dev8.mdcbbs.com!rivero From: rivero@dev8.mdcbbs.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT-bashing party (hit "n" if you're not interested :-)) Message-ID: <1991Mar21.100604.1@dev8.mdcbbs.com> Date: 21 Mar 91 10:06:04 GMT References: <1991Mar17.031448.26855@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <27E3053E.1145@orion.oac.uci.edu> <1991Mar17.160633.9512@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Organization: McDonnell Douglas M&E, Cypress CA Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: dev8 Nntp-Posting-User: rivero In article <1991Mar17.160633.9512@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: > In article <27E3053E.1145@orion.oac.uci.edu> nguyent@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Thien Nguyen) writes: >>In article <1991Mar17.031448.26855@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: >> >>>It's not a matter of taking the Amiga seriously, it's a matter of >>>paying their development fees. Lotus would be glad to port their >>>products to the Amiga for about $15 mill. >>> >> >>Don't know about Word Perfect, but I think it might be worth it for Commodore >>to pay Lotus to port Improv from NEXT, or Microsoft to make Word instead of >>spending the money to advertise in magazines or newspapers. Just having >>these programs will sell the machines. >> >>Right now if I want to write proposals or research some papers, I am forced to >>use Amax on my 3000. There is no productivity software for the Amiga (period)! > > Oh bull. There are plenty of Word Processor and DTP programs for the Amiga. > They jusr aren't as easy to use (in Mac user's opinions) as MS Word, etc. > > You could still get work done you'd just have to read the manual and learn > how to use the program. > > Lotus is another one of those greedy companies trying to copyright > look-and-feel. I wouldn't want Commodore to pay millions just to port > a single piece of software., > > > -- > /~\_______________________________________________________________________/~\ > |n| rjc@albert.ai.mit.edu Amiga, the computer for the creative mind. |n| > |~| .-. .-. |~| > |_|________________________________| |_| |________________________________|_|