Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gblock From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: It's really tough to debate with ignorant... Message-ID: <11796@uwm.edu> Date: 5 May 91 18:05:02 GMT References: Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Lines: 52 Originator: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu From article , by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger): > I filled two opticals with sounds, free software, etc. There were't > any NeXTApps on them. See, I told you that you needed a 1.2GB drive to be happy. :) > 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. It certainly does. > > 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? Obviously, you seem to think that I give a damn about PC users. And both of these are better than what you can offer on the NeXT. They beat Improv hands down. Besides this, we're not talking about reasons to sway pc users, are we? Just showing up the NeXT, that's all. > I'm not sure how much NeXT software is available at this time. Problem is, neither is Jobs. :) > 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. I thought that little pamphlet was stupid. That was not what I went by when I bought it. And it may be different, now, remember they are trying to change their image. I wonder what comes with the 3000. And maybe it's just because we have the best games available. > I'll add that to my list of Amiga products I'm waiting on. Why would you be waiting? You'll have nothing to wait for on your NeXT, that's for sure. Slabs don't expand. -- All opinions are my own, and not those of my employer. Why? He doesn't know I'm doing this. -Wubba