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Date: 25 Jun 91 21:08:19 GMT
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In article <1991Jun25.125454.28337@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
<In article <13616@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhunix2.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (ftp Amiga Manager) writes:
<>In article <1991Jun22.075918.27367@neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) writes:
<>>
<>[...]
<>>  Something I'm sure Apple realises, given their rumoured development of
<>>a non-Mac compatible OS (the legendary "Pink" which has been making the
<>>news rounds lately).
<>
<>What I want to know is how hard Dave H. is lobbying the software crew for
<>a CBM countermeasure to "Pink".  Something we can call "Slack" maybe?  :-)
<
<   Probably not at all.  Dave Haynie would have to lobbie Commodore's 
<weak-brained managers, not the software crew.  The software crew write only
<what they are told to write by the managers.
<
<   With Commodore's weak R&D investments, I'd say that Commodore already has
<their hands full with RTG/DIG, support for any future chipsets, etc..  For
<Commodore to produce a countermeasure for Apple's "PINK" would require 
<Commodore to multiply the amount they are currently investing in R&D by a
<factor of about 10, and I don't see this happening.
<
Evan Torrie also replies:
<  I don't know how many software engineers Commodore has, but rumour has it
<that there are over 100 at Apple working on Pink.  In fact, there's an
<entire building on the Apple campus devoted to "Pink Engineering", according
<to a friend of mine.

*sigh*  I guess the the references to The Church of the Sub-Genius (and 
Dave's affinity for it) were too obscure.  Somehow though, serious responses
to my mildly unflattering jibe make it all the funnier...

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