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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Subject: Re: random thoughts on iconification
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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 91 02:08:06 GMT
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In article <380@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu> bryan@cs.utexas.edu writes:
>My point is simply that there's a lot of stuff currently on the Amiga
>distribution disks whose usefulness is doubtful at best.  It doesn't take that
>much head scratching to replace it with something better.

  I agree, but what should we replace MEmacs with? DME? Qed? UEdit?
TurboText (Yeah!!)  I'd personally go with DME, but if you want to
distribute a commercial editor, I'd like TurboText.

  The better method may be to let dealers decide. Let them sell
Amiga's packaged with commercial software. Or have them have the
Fish disks in the store. My local Amiga dealer lets you copy utilities
off the demo Amiga's harddisk (like mandelvroom, dme, snap, etc)
I think the dealers should be more active. IBM dealers sell
packages all the time. (like PC clones with Windows+Word perfect, etc)



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