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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: AMIGA DEMOS: Europe VS. USA
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References: <1991Apr23.071311.46295@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <1991Apr24.014841.46303@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <1991Apr24.201155.20866@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1991 06:52:13 GMT

In article <1991Apr24.201155.20866@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>In article <1991Apr24.014841.46303@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> wright%etsuv2.etsu.edu@ricevm1.rice.edu writes:
>>One thing I must state, MOST, if not 98%, of your argument was with C64 coders. 
>   That's because the arguemnent degenerated into "American teens have
>little attention span, can't program, etc" If American teens program
>on other platforms it provides eveidence to contradict this statement.
>The Amiga issue is illrelevant. It's equivelent to asking, "Why are there
>no American teens who program the Spectrum ZX?" The Amiga may not be
>as popular in the US as it is in Europe.
>
	It seems to me that the main reason is that there are
almost twice as many Amigas in Germany as in the U.S. (according
to Alex, Brown & Sons Analysts). Most of those in Germany are
A500s by hacker/cracker teens. In America, the are more
2000/3000s than 500s I believe. The A500 never took off here
among kids. Most never look at it as an option. It seems the US
hackers are all doing FoxBase programming. 8-)

	-- Ethan

"Brain? What is Brain?"