Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga in the Workforce Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 07:37:14 GMT References: <1991May22.211703.22445@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1991May22.222801.4049@convex.com> <1991May23.012705.24776@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1991May23.083717.1055@cs.ruu.nl> <1991May23.153644.10681@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1991May24.145855.43 Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 50 In article <1991May27.101538.6959@cs.ruu.nl> ptavoly@cs.ruu.nl (Peter Tavoly) writes: >In <1991May25.042959.12386@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) writes: >>>That is no answer, the more operating systems you use, the more time you spend >>>interfacing, instead of doing your work. (Even if the particular OS might be >>>'better') Only if you substitute one OS for another, that might make sense. >> >>I think that is an answer. :) We use MS-DOG machines at work, and I had to > >[some deleted] > >>What could be easier than the elegant AmigaOS - flipping between screens and CLIs with dmouse? >> >>I spend 8 hours a day sometimes helping people with problems that would >>be non-problems on an Amiga. You were talking about business. I see the >>bottom line as 'how can I be more productive'? > >I totally agree of course, but what you do here is (as I said) substituting one OS for >another. I can imagine that once MS-DOS users get the hang of it, they want to get rid >of their MS-DOS machine, but unfortunately, there must be an initial introduction to >Amigas and that is something for the managers to decide (who only see those big buck IBM >ads). > >>Dan Griffin >>griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu > > -Thomas. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ >Thomas Tavoly, Commercial Computer Science - HEAO Utrecht, NL. / / / >"Whoever talks too much, has no time to think." - Peter Tavoly. AMIGA / >Favourite quote: "The Mac OS is amazingly complex, ____ / / / > .sig v3.0e given how little it does." - Peter da Silva \ \ \/ / / >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>> ptavoly@praxis.cs.ruu.nl <<~~~~~~~~~ \_\_\/_/ As someone with a little experience using the Amiga in the workplace, I found that the Amiga is incredibly difficult for the masses to master. The startup-sequence is a complex program to most users... Even as good as 2.0 appears to be, to the non-technical user, there are lots of problems - like why some icons can be "left out" on the workbench while others can't... Interestingly enough, here in the SF Bay area, there are a huge number of companies that actually use the PC to make PC-oriented products. For them, learning the machine is part of learning their product line. I'm sure that if/when the masses of companies start supporting the Amiga, there will be a lot more of them in business for this reason. -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************