Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Commodore Research and Development. Message-ID: Date: 4 May 91 17:18:18 GMT References: <1991Jan9.095821.22197@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Jan15.182635.1679@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu's message of 15 Jan 91 18:26:35 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: Do you really think we are not willing to listen to criticism? There's a fine line between constructive criticism and bashing. Long before Marc made it to Usenet, people were discussing the Amiga's limitations: 1) No MMU Protection, Resource tracking, virtual memory. 2) No OS 24 bit graphics support. 3) Lack of 'bigname' software. 4) Poor marketing. 5) Custom chips still NMOS. 6) poorly written software. I know a company that can help you with 5 out of six of those. Number 5 doesn't apply. -Mike