Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!mcnc!ecsgate!ecsvax!urjlew From: urjlew@uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Amiga Custom Chips - why hasn't C= made them faster? Summary: C= owner's (Irving aims Mehdi) aims. Message-ID: <1991Apr4.223101.7618@uncecs.edu> Date: 4 Apr 91 22:31:01 GMT References: <6456@amiga.UUCP> Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 38 Followups: comp.sys.advocacy In article <6456@amiga.UUCP>, jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) writes: > C= spends much less on R&D than other computer companies. > > This is true. It's a problem. In case you haven't noticed the > Amiga is evolving *very* slowly, particularly in the "crown jewels," > the custom chips. We all wonder why the A500 isn't trumpeted as > a leader in the new "home computer influx" and the answer is that > it's just too old to be of great interest to the media or the public. > > ......................................... > > But there should be more dollars, if the plan is to compete as > a computer, or even as a home computer or game machine. Real > > .......................................... > > But I take issue with Marc's implication that C= doesn't know what > it's doing. Perhaps Irving and Mehdi know exactly what they're > doing, and maybe they're making a conscious choice to focus on the It is my understanding that both Messrs Irving and Mehdi are getting on in years. Perhaps it is their concious decision not to worry very much about futures, and just enjoy their incomes. Plowing receipts back into research means less money for dividends, Less money for a nice salary now . Why worry about the fate of the company in 5 - 10 years from now. Perhaps it would be good for the continued existance of the company and in the longer run for the shareholders also, if the leadership were changed, and I don't mean the second level of management which at C= appears to be a revolving door anyways. Sorry this is advocacy not hardware. ----------------------------------------------- Reply-To: Rostyslaw Jarema Lewyckyj urjlew@ecsvax.UUCP , urjlew@unc.bitnet or urjlew@uncvm1.acs.unc.edu (ARPA,SURA,NSF etc. internet) tel. (919)-962-6501