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From: hunter@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (James Gardiner [hunter])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.054836.24876@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au>
Date: 28 Apr 91 05:48:36 GMT
References: <6hdG18ik1@cs.psu.edu> <1748@sjfc.UUCP> <20875@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991Apr23.201029.9844@wpi.WPI.EDU>
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In <1991Apr23.201029.9844@wpi.WPI.EDU> jdutka@wpi.WPI.EDU (John Dutka) writes:

>In article <20875@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>>IBM PC, or the eventual clones, were worth of business computing.  Any other
>>system would be written off as a game machine, or a computer for hippies, or
>>a hacker's machine, etc.
>>Now does it all make sense?

>Much clearer now :)
>So how can the 80486 be explained?  I can't wait (grin)

Its like this (I my own opinion),  if you take a lolly from
a baby and it does not cry, then you just do it again and again...

The general PC user does not realy care, as long as its faster
and runs the same software, they will sit there and buy it.
Bring out a slightly faster chip next year and you can rip them
off all over again.   Basic IBM type tactics.
ie I hear Intel plan to bring out a 586 686 786 etc over the next few years.
All slightly faster then the privious.  Keeps you buying the expensive monsters
and also stops you from affording to experiment on other systems.

(Let me note here,  I work in the UNIX Software development indestry,
the number of Gov departments that have a unix machine on site test
is surprising.)

James.
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