Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!sega0!mykes From: mykes@sega0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Still no Ami businessware. Message-ID: Date: 23 Mar 91 03:45:22 GMT References: <1991Mar6.201318.11662@acd4.acd.com> <19656@cbmvax.commodore.com> <12017@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1991Mar15.220940.22327@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <12115@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 30 In article <12115@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas) writes: >In article <1991Mar15.220940.22327@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: >I don't care what Cmdre is doing, they are clearly not doing *enough*. As an >interested party, that really is all we should compare, no? I can't believe >that Steve Jobs paid more than $28million to Lotus, why haven't we seen >similar results, then? Clearly Cmdre has a bigger business market than the >Next. Heck, it's kind of a cheap shot to even compare the two -- what Nexts >are selling, are going to schools, where it is not clear that business sftwre >is likely to be used, or needed. > >They seem to have the resources, they have the operating system, they have >what is apparently a sufficient market for some companies, so what's the >holdup? > Both Apple and Next (and recently Commodore, too) have found that the educational market is a great place to get a business computer launched. By having campus-wide networks of Macintoshes, business school graduates come out with handson experience with the Mac. In the real world, these grads naturally want to use the Mac again. One thing to keep in mind is that business people tend to make decisions based upon business factors. I wish it were not true because then people would make decisions based upon what is technically the best (Amiga!). But how else can you explain why anyone would buy a PC clown? -- ******************************************************* * Assembler Language separates the men from the boys. * *******************************************************