Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: Date: 6 May 91 01:10:03 GMT References: <47889@ut-emx.uucp> <47946@ut-emx.uucp> <6o6G#_oz1@cs.psu.edu> <48101@ut-emx.uucp> <48163@ut-emx.uucp> <+b5G-i&-1@cs.psu.edu> <48228@ut-emx.uucp> <48297@ut-emx.uucp> <8b6Gw!m+1@cs.psu Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 40 In-Reply-To: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu's message of 5 May 91 19:56:22 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <48467@ut-emx.uucp> greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes: I'll give you an example of how much software (i.e. not games) exists for the Amiga. Take _just_ the public domain stuff. Now, a man named Fred Fish has taken upon himself to collect PD software and distribute it in a library of disks called Fish Disks (praise Fred!). Currently, there are 480 of these 880K disks full of software written by Amiga users around the world, of which a very small percentage is games (less than 10% easily). The Fish archive represents at most about 60% of the actual PD software out there for the Amiga. Hmmm. There are thousands of Unix programs that run on the NeXT. But that isn't going to mean anything to most people. There are probably dozens of programs that do more or less the same thing on the Fish disks. I'm talking about the kind of software that compaines and schools buy to get some work done. How much of that software is of commmercial quality? Now quit going off on a tangent. If I count Unix programs, the NeXT has a whole shitload of programs. Now, go to a dealer. Generally, they have one wall committed to games and another committed to productivity software. It really is hard to find a dealer, but I will look around. With all this productivity software, why can't Commodore sell computers to businesses? You should _really_ look at what you are talking about before making such moronic statements. You may think that most Amiga software is just games, but you'll have a hard time convincing the several hundred disks and 140MB hard disk I have sitting here of that. At most I have 20 floppies and _maybe_ 15MB on my HD filled with games. Everything else is either apps, music, or graphics. I read Commodore's pamphlet and over half of it was devoted to games. They really should advertise the productivity side a little more. Hell, companies could save a fortune. How much does a Fish disk cost? $12.95? -Mike