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From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
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Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
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Date: 3 May 91 04:10:42 GMT
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From article <8b6Gw!m+1@cs.psu.edu>, by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger):
> 
> Then why isn't there more software other than games?  If it's so easy,
> maybe you can convince Lotus to port Improv to the Amiga.
> 

Thank you no, and what you just said is the reason that ANY program
will fail on an Amiga.  I don't want a _PORT_.  I want an amigatized
program from the ground up.  DBMan V will be getting an arexx port
soon, or so I hear.  I'd rather get that.  Improv may be nice on the
NeXT, but your standards for good software are FAR different from an
amiga user's viewpoint.  We expect integrated packages...  And what's
the size of Improv, anyways?  And just how well would it run on a
stock 68000?  These are things just at the tip of the iceberg to think
of...  And if everything IS in objective c, I could always convert it
to c++...  Compile it on the amiga, and watch how many people turn
away from it.  It's less than what an amiga user expects.  Which
explains WordPerfect Perfectly.

Greg


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