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From: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth)
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Subject: Amiga's Worst Enemy
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Date: Fri, 8-May-87 12:54:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  8 12:54:30 1987
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Are WE the Amiga's worst enemy?

What, you ask?  How could loyal amigos be the Amiga's worst enemy?
Didn't we buy amigas early?  Don't we provide public-domain and
shareware programs that make the Amiga more desirable?  Of course we
did (good).  Of course we do (good???).

The Amiga has a high proportion of good/usable public domain programs.
Is it possible that these programs take enough revenue away from
software companies that they don't bother to enter the amiga market?
Remember that companies starting to support a new computer probably
want to ease into the market with a little product to sort of test the
waters.  Well, the users already have versions of all the little
programs and some big ones as well.  Anyone care to speculate whether
this is a real problem?

I guess this says that shareware is evil again.  Hmmm.  Do I believe this?