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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 04:35:16 GMT

In article <1991Jun18.124836.28792@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>
>   I do not agree at all.  Every day, I grow increasingly convinced that
>DIG/RTG is *NOT* the answer, and that a new, powerful chipset is needed
>instead.
>
>   DIG/RTG could be more important for high-end or mid-range systems used
>for applications that can justify not having the graphics capabilities
>built-in.  However, the bulk of Commodore's sales are with the low-end 
>A500 systems, and Commodore wants to expand their dependence on low-end
>systems with the CDTV.  The best DIG/RTG-based operating system in the
>world will not help the A500 and the CDTV against Japenese competition.
>
	Marc, if you are going to argue an issue you should
really just choose one position and stick to it. You're beginning
to feel like a slimy jellyfish.
	All along, you've been arguing about how bad Commodore's
graphics are compared to the VGA standard and the 24 bit
standards. Well, DIG/RTG is FAR more important than a native chip
set for that.
	So fine, Commodore emphasizes the high-end market, just
as you asked. So now you say how they are ignoring their low-end
market. GIVE THEM A BREAK! Sure, for A500s and CDTV the built in
chip set is more important. I don't know Marc. Sometimes you
point out very valid arguments, sometimes you are just wrong, and
sometimes you come out as just a whiner.
	-- Ethan

"...Know-Nothing-Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog, an animal so stupid that it
had been sacked from one of Will's own commercials for being incapable
of knowing which dog food it was supposed to prefer, despite the fact
that the meat in all the other bowls had engine oil poured all over it."