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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: The Fate of the Macintosh
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Date: 27 Mar 91 23:16:05 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from peirce@outpost.UUCP

 
While the NeXT's impact on the UNIX market remains to be seen, your
comments regarding the Amiga were pretty near-sighted (as per usual in this
conf.).
 
I'll agree that nobody (at least I hope not) buys an Amiga to run Mac
software...regardless of the fact that it runs most Mac software faster
than the real thing.  Mac clones haven't turned up in the past 6 years
because Apple's hyperactive litigation department wouldn't hesitate to
nuke'em.
 
However, the notion that the Amiga is only known in esoteric hacker circles
is a thing of the past.  Coverage has been increased across the board...or
haven't you read a recent Byte, InfoWorld, etc.  Most of this is due to the
Toaster, destined to be the Amiga's 1-2-3 or PageMaker :)  
Computer graphics is not a niche anymore...the market has been mainstream
for more than a year now.  1991 shipments of graphics hardware, software,
etc. will exceed $20 Billion.
 
And the Amiga has made an impact on Apple, where it hurts.  Commodore's
Educational Purchase Program is a great success.  In fact, I know of no
less than TEN Mac dealerships in the Dallas/Ft Worth area that BEGGED a
regional educational manager from Commodore to set them up as dealers!  
 
And back to the Toaster, what do you think the hit of the last MacWorld
Expo was?  
 
Sean
 
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