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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: It's really tough to debate with ignorant...
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Date: 5 May 91 16:50:00 GMT
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In article <11785@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:

   Yes, but you have already shown us how easily 233 mb can be filled up.
   If an application can take up that much space, who knows how much else
   you could fill.  Just because you filled up both doesn't equal numbers
   of applications...  And I think maybe we could still beat you in
   quality software.  If for no reason than the simple fact that we've
   been around longer.

I filled two opticals with sounds, free software, etc.  There were't
any NeXTApps on them.

   Cad is a lovely one for us.  DynaCADD is one of the best cad packages
   in the computer world, ranging from the ST to the IBM, to the Mac, and
   now the Amiga.  And it has more functions than any of the others on
   the Amiga version.

Does it have more functions than the ones on the PC?  I guess
Commodore has aquired a niche in the CAD market.

   Spreadsheets.  Okay, lemme grab my handy Amigaworld, for listing any
   others than DBMAN V...And I belive SuperBase 4 Professional is
   supposed to be one of the best relational databases available...

Think you're going to convince PC users to leave their machines for
these pieces of software?

   [multitudes of applications deleted]

   Any other categories you'd like to see listed?  And I'm sure other
   people can list more.  Do you even have this number of applications
   available TOTAL???

I'm not sure how much NeXT software is available at this time.

If all of these applications are available, why is the games section
the largest section in Commodore's software pamphlet that came with
our A2500?  Everything else looked pathetic.

   But of course you can have it for the Amiga.  You only have to wait
   until the graphics cards are available.  And then you'll have a lot
   more than 4096 colors as a total palette.

I'll add that to my list of Amiga products I'm waiting on.

   > NeXT publishes what is included on both the small release and the
   > Extended release of the softare.  I don't see how they're misleading
   > anyone.

   You wouldn't.

Nope.
 
-Mike