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From: tinman@agora.rain.com (David Tinnyo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art, but the NeXT is better
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.134145.7350@agora.rain.com>
Date: 8 Apr 91 13:41:45 GMT
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Organization: Open Communications Forum
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There is a big issue that is really being ignored in this debate:  The
people buying Amiga's right now are a totally different class of people
than the people interested in the NeXT.

I see NeXT attempting to convert people from the workstation and possible
PC-DOS markets.  In other words, they are businessmen, educators, and 
scientists/engineers.  Most of these people own computers already and
expect certain applications (DB, SpreadSheet, Statistical, Graphing, WP, etc).

The vast majority of Amiga people I've been exposed to don't give a S**T
about those applications.  Many of my friends are electronic musicians,
video/performance artists etc.  These are the kinds of people who are 
buying Amigas.  They want a computer that will allow their own creativity
to be enhanced/magnified.  And with their budgets, it has to be dirt cheap.
Showing them a computer that starts up with a login message is completely
ridiculous.

No matter how you feel about Commodore Marketing, you've got to give them
credit for getting these kind of people interested in computers.   It's really
a blast to see a guy with a nose ring, dreadlocks, and cut off gloves 
boasting proudly about his new GVP add-on.  Can you say 'bohemian technology?'

I think that the NeXT (or something like it) will really revolutionize
'business/professional' computing.  But I got tired of that kind of programming
a long time ago.  It's much more exciting to develop software for 'garage
video/music producers.'   And the parties are a lot more fun, too.  :)

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David E. Tin Nyo                       "The key to the future is information,
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