Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uther!mjr From: mjr@uther.calvin.edu (Matt Ranney) Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 13:43:07 GMT Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uther!mjr References: <1991Jun4.003619.3661@news.iastate.edu> <19@ryptyde.UUCP> <1991Jun10.120109.48054@cc.usu.edu> sl87m@cc.usu.edu (The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Ensemble) writes: >My numerous suggestions of getting Amigas are put down as "not an option," even >though the same people is continually ASTONISHED at what the machine can do for >PRODUCTIVITY of PEOPLE. I always get "oohs" and "aahs" from co-workers, my >bosses, and people under me as they vie for time on my A500. But whenever >anybody suggests to the people with the purse that Amigas would be perfect, >they get told "Don't be rediculous." Unfortunately, I've gotten the same responses here when I suggested maybe we could benefit from some Amigas. Our Audio-Visual dept. has a fairly nice Amiga setup with a toaster and all kinds of other goodies. They love it. They wouldn't trade it for the world. Unfortunately, the rest of the campus is mostly PCs and Macs. When another department saw how great the Amiga was, they wanted some. Answer from Computer Center: "We don't need Amigas on this campus" Why? Thats one more platform we are going to have to support. We've got our hands full right now with just 2, they say. Well, they are right. Our school just can't afford to add a new platform, even if its a superior one. The head of PC Support here admits that he's really impressed with the Amiga, but not so impressed that he thinks we shold trash all our existing Macs/PCs to convert. -- Matt Ranney -- mjr@uther.calvin.edu sendmail: error reading file /home/mjr/.signature (core dumped)