Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!frith.egr.msu.edu!griffin From: griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art, but the NeXT is better Message-ID: <1991Apr3.182308.2569@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 3 Apr 91 18:23:08 GMT References: <1991Apr2.192023.26598@sugar.hackercorp.com> <.$2G0ysf1@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 34 melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >They aren't accepted in Fortune 500 companies, One reason they 'haven't' been accepted is because most people haven't heard of them or seen them. I work for General Motors [a slower-moving behemoth you'll never see, except maybe the federal government]. It took years for people to convince them to buy some Macs because they thought IBMs were the only real computers. We bought a few A3000s for one of our design departments, and now that people see them and what they can do they want more. Some A3000UXs are in their future, too. Multitasking played a big part of this. > you don't find too many >campus computer labs full of Amigas, and major developers still don't >write software for them. We have one where I work(A2500), but the Hopefully this wil change soon. >Most people aren't interested in speed, they want functionality. It's >what you do with the speed that matters. NeXT gives the consumer >Display Postscript, voice mail, and built in fax capabilities. >The Amiga gives you the best games in the business. I understand this discussion has been focused on the NeXT, but some people also confuse the issue of Amiga v. NeXT v. HP to be linked to the Amiga's future demise. >-Mike -- Dan Griffin griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu