Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!rutgers!mcnc!taco!hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC) Message-ID: <1991Jun24.050106.23196@ncsu.edu> Date: 24 Jun 91 05:01:06 GMT References: <1991Jun23.012633.2618@ncsu.edu> <1991Jun23.093407.16225@ncsu.edu> <1991Jun24.042937.25714@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 17 jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) writes: >In article <1991Jun23.093407.16225@ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: >>Gee, can you say "fickle"? Sure you can :-) Newtek puts the Amiga >>on the map and so is a hero for a while... but then if they do like >>any good business would, and think about additional markets, why all >>of a sudden they're "not needed". > >I think part of the problem we Amigaoids are having is that after >years of loyal Amiga support from a fine company like NewTek, they >suddenly decide that the name "Amiga" hurts their business. Nah, I doubt they see it that way at all. If I were Newtek, for example, I'd simply be thinking "Hey more profit if we don't have to buy the A2K part" and/or that a Mac card instead of a big box might sell better. Heck, most people don't even know what an "Amiga" is... so how could it hurt (or help) Newtek's business? :-() kev