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From: nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: CDTV & CD-I The Whole Picture
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.094140.16063@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 09:41:40 GMT
References: <24371@well.sf.ca.us> <1991Apr23.200444.18839@visix.com> <24443@well.sf.ca.us>
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In article <24443@well.sf.ca.us> farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) writes:
>brett@visix.com (Brett Bourbin) writes:
>
>
>Not now, true - but Lucas founded Pixar.  And sold it off when it became 
>clear that it wasn't the panacea he hoped it would be.  The point is that
>"Hollywood professionals" have NOTHING to do or say about success in ANY
>industry - not even their own.
>


... ... ...right.

I don't mean to glorify Hollywood or what they do.  And I know that even
the best Hollywood professionals have their failures.  When you talk 
about human behavior, you're talking about a very complicated subject and
something dependent on many factors.

Further, I find what many people do in that industry to be very immoral.
I'm not in that business but could be ...easily.  Maybe you can explain
why Mac and IBM/clone outsell Amiga.  Is it because Amiga is an inferior
machine? ...extrapolating your assertion, that is what you come up with.

I started this whole discussion because I felt kind of bad about all the
head-banging going on in the Amiga news groups about why Amiga wasn't 
doing better.  I only hoped to encourage some understanding and patients
regarding Amiga sales.  I am not going to start defending Hollywood.  As
I said, I don't like what they do ...at all.  But it is a force in this
society that you have to deal with and if you don't believe that you are
only kidding yourself!

Now everthing has its limits.  I have a friend who, when the subject of
subliminal advertising comes up, says that he was watching soap operas 
the other day and for no reason he went to the store and bought a box of
Kotexes.  But on the other hand, now that the Japanese own several studios
in Hollywood, what do you want to bet that the american attitude towards
the Japanese changes to a very positive attitude in the next 10 years?


                                 NCW