Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: Date: 3 May 91 06:01:30 GMT References: <47889@ut-emx.uucp> <47946@ut-emx.uucp> <1541@ewu.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: mpierce@ewu.UUCP's message of 3 May 91 03:39:27 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <1541@ewu.UUCP> mpierce@ewu.UUCP (Mathew Pierce) writes: Well, I never got version 4.2, I'm still using 4.1, quite effectively too I might add. I know several people who own Amigas who think that their wp software is just fine. Really, there are so many wp apps out there that there is no problem finding one that suits. The one problem might be file compatibility. If people use 5.1 at work, and they can only get 4.2 for the Amiga, they might be discouraged from buying one. Commodore, unlike NeXT, is in the perfect position to sell home computers to N million American who would like to catch up on their work at home. It's either the Mac or PC for these people. Personally, for programming, I use MicroEmacs, the text editor that is included with the Amiga operating system, it suits my needs just fine. How about the real thing: GNU Emacs? That's what I use. I was never a WP fan, but if a company wants to sell millions of computers they have to satisfy the needs of millions of users. There are only so many computer geeks in the world, you know :-). -Mike