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From: force@minnie.cs.su.OZ.AU (Jason Henry Den Dulk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga in the Workforce
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Date: 27 May 91 08:33:40 GMT
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> In what serious workforce (except graphics/video firms) do the employees
> play sounds and view GIFs all day? The important files are 1-2-3, WP,
> DBaseIII+/IV and CAD applications. Since most of these programs do not exist
> on the Amiga yet (WP-Amiga is not up to par, but there are some good CAD
> programs), the problem is really simple: Why on earth would I want
> to use an Amiga instead of a PC if I do not need it?

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> like speech recognition). Now you could add 'problem 0.': 'Serious' companies
> use 'serious' software, not 'creative' software. As it stands now, I would
> rather label the Amiga creative than serious. (This does most certainly NOT
> mean that the Amiga is not *suited* for serious software).

Talking about file format compatability. Maxiplan+ uses 1-2-3 format files,
dbMAN V uses DbaseIII files, and WP is available for the amiga. Therefore file
transfer for 'serious' (and the definition of what's serious depends on what
you do) files is just as painless. Also PageStream 2.1 supports GIF,
TIFF and other
file formats so transfering files Mac/IBM <-> Amy is even less painful.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

				force@cs.su.oz