Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!jimmy From: jimmy@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jimmy Chan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga Custom Chips - why hasn't C= made them faster? Message-ID: <12431@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Date: 12 Apr 91 11:44:30 GMT References: <6456@amiga.UUCP> <1991Apr4.223101.7618@uncecs.edu> <1991Apr8.082156.2486@kberg.se> <1991Apr9.171123.21360@news.iastate.edu> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 28 In article <1991Apr9.171123.21360@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU writes: > I agree that Commodore should not be forced to take up the entire >load of supporting the Amiga themselves. However, there is a big >difference between doing too much and doing too little, and I believe >that Commodore right now is doing too little. > > What will it take to satisfy me in this respect? I would be totally >satisfied with Commodore if they raised their R&D investing so that >it is on-par with the rest of the computer industry. I really >shouldn't be satisfied with this, because Commodore really needs to >invest more than the other companies in the industry, both to make >up for years of under-investing and to rise above the mediocre average >of what every other company invests. I really don't see the any proof or facts showing that C= is under-investing or even doing less than its computer competitors in the market. Given the fact from a few messages that C= doesn't pay dividends on it stock shares and puts it all back into the company seems to contradict what you have said. Gee, Marc why don't you list the actual figures that you are consulting to back up what you are saying, at least to give credence to your facts? I don't have knowledge of what is being spent by any of the computer makers on R&D so, I can't judge what you are saying to be true but giving your track record, it is quite possibly more erroneous information...AGAIN!! Actually, I would like to see a breakdown of each company's profit vs. R&D budgets and percentages...anyone have these figures? Also, the breakdown of the R&D budgets of the different areas that the money goes into, i.e. workstations, personal computers, graphics, etc.