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From: bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper)
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Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <1991Jun4.142725.27494@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 4 Jun 91 14:27:25 GMT
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In article <1991Jun4.105736.15468@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>
>   I don't remember ever complaining about the lack of video cards for
>the Amiga in the past two years.

One should pull one's head from one's ass.

>The fact is,
>the average American person is a complete moron, and you have to make
>computers simple or they will not sell.  Commodore borrowed quite a
>lot from the MAC with Workbench 2.0, and people are continually calling
>on Commodore to borrow more from Apple and make the Workbench even more
>MAC-like.  Judging from the sales of the MAC compared to the sales of
>the Amiga, Commodore is right to be borrowing as much as possible
>from the MAC.

No, Marc.  Fact is, the average American computer buyer is an
intelligent decision-maker who looks at the options *accessible* to them
and makes a value judgement based upon the strengths and weaknesses of
various platforms.  It's unfortunate the Amiga isn't more available to
more people; but that's just how it is, right now.  Doesn't mean it's
not reversible, and if you'd take a look a sales, you'd see that the
Amiga is selling at a faster clip than the Mac.  Period.  Which is good
for everyone not affiliated with that giant, belching corporocracy.

If you're trying to sell your own sloped forehead as a model of computer
wisdom and marketing know-how, beat it.  We've heard it before, and no
one believes you.

What's that old saying from the last bout?  "'Bye, Marc, and don't let
the door hit your ass on the way out."

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