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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga in the Workforce
Message-ID: <1991May23.162542.20539@convex.com>
Date: 23 May 91 16:25:42 GMT
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In article <1991May23.012705.24776@leland.Stanford.EDU> bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper) writes:
>In article <1991May22.222801.4049@convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes:
>>In article <1991May22.211703.22445@leland.Stanford.EDU> bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper) writes:
                                [...]
>>>                     ...         Company A, if they went all Amiga,
>>>would have no way of transferring files with Company B, who would be
>>>all-IBM or all-Mac.  One way is all it would go.
                                [...]

>>This is not true.  It is quite easy to transfer files back and forth between
>>the Amiga and Macs or IBMs.  There are many easy-to-use utilities that do
>>this.  This is not a problem.
                                [...]
>Since when?  I know of *no* IFF viewers/soundplayers or converters for
>the Mac. ...

Since when does "file transfer" == "IFF viewing"?

You said that there is "no way of transferring files".  This is false.  Files
can easily be transferred to the Mac or the IBM PC and can easily be
transferred to the Amiga from either system.

It is one problem to get the file onto the other system intact.  That is
called transferring.  It is an entirely seperate problem to do something
useful with the file once it is transferred.  That is called processing.
Let's not get the 2 mixed up, OK?

It is not necessary for the Mac or PC to implement Amiga file managers or
Amiga IFF viewers.  The Amiga can do the conversions going both directions.
As far as IFF vs GIF, the Amiga can convert these formats in either direction
as well.  If you want word processor compatibility then Word Perfect is
available on all 3 platforms.  The list goes on.
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