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From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Mac Sales Vs Amiga?
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.172341.21491@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 5 Jun 91 17:23:41 GMT
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In article <1991Jun4.214557.1557@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> consp03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg) writes:
>I have received information from CATS on becoming an Amiga developer. 
>From the impression I got of the literature, most of Commodore's selling
>points pertained to video applications, with a little bit of business
>thrown in.  I could care less about video, and from using several micro
>platforms I believe that Commodore should be touting the speed, raw
>power, memory, graphics for the business world.  The Amiga is clearly
>the best product for these applications.
>
>Maybe Commodore should get their act together with business software
>development.  Sure, you can become a member of CATS.  But they seem to
>be falling back on video as the Amiga's main big feature.  That's a
>shame, because from using Macs and IBMs at school, I am not pleased with
>their performance compared to my Amiga.
>
>Kris
>
	Your impression was my first impression as well. But the literature
from CATS says that there are many areas in Amiga programming yet to be
explored. Recently, Commodore sent out a request for proposal of an absolutely
non video oriented product. I don't have your impression any longer. I just 
don't think many developers stop to think or think there is much of a market
for some of the other areas the Amiga has to offer. The Amiga is not a strong
contender in the business market, but it is in the video market. This includes
both games (yuck) and production. Down the line, the Amiga could grow stronger
in the markets the IBM PC and MAC dominate, but sadly - not today. 

>I could care less about video

	Well, I don't care to develop videa applications. Mainly, because
there's too many chefs in the kitchen.

-jeff