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From: ed@plx.UUCP (Ed Chaban)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Flaming was: BCPL/AmigaDOS
Message-ID: <653@plx.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 29-May-87 14:18:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: plx.653
Posted: Fri May 29 14:18:29 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jun-87 00:54:48 EDT
References: <461@inria.UUCP> <1920@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <147@l5comp.UUCP> <11962@aero.ARPA>
Organization: Plexus Computers, San Jose, CA.
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Summary: Heh,Heh, Heh...

In article <11962@aero.ARPA>, foy@aero.ARPA (Richard Foy) writes:
> 
> 
> Commodore management must have A LOT MORE SMARTS than most people give them
> credit for. They ALLOW andy and carolyn and george and others to provide the
                   ^^^^^
> readers of this net with excellent assistance. They DELIVERED the Amiga 1000.
						      ^^^^^^^^^ 
	What's this ALLOW stuff? As I see it, this is the ONLY way
	Amiga can *AFFORD* to provide support for the developers
	whose *SOFTWARE SELLS THE GODDAMN MACHINE*

	As for "Delivered" the Amiga 1000,"left out on the doorstep"
	is a better description.  A kludged shifted-pointer-proprietary
	Multi-Tasking Operating System unfamilar to most programmers
	is a LOUSY environment to do development in.  The lack of
	a Bus standard for many months F*cked things up even more.

	Fact:

	Big Time software developers cannot afford to train
	their staff to work in a new Operating System environment
	for a machine which makes up a TINY portion on the Personal
	Computer market. No return on investment, Kapeesh?
> 
> What has Big Blue done will all there vast resources. What has Atari done
> with their marketing ability.

	Is that a question? OK, Here goes:

		Big Blue (despised though she may be) remains a
		cornerstone in the marketplace. The stupidity 
		of your question becomes evident when you examine 
		the answer: BIG BLUE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE
		INSTALLED BASE OF PEE-CEES AND CLONES!

		Can you say "Millions of Machines"? 
		I Knew you could
> 
> I hope that Commodore has enough cash flow that they can put a BIG advertizing
> campaign behind the 500 and the 2000. If they do, I won't worry about the
> possibility of having an orphan.

	Advertising will *NOT* sell the Amiga. SOFTWARE will
	sell the machine. That is the most important principle
	in marketing a computer system designed for the mass
	market.

	Sorry if I leaned on you a little heavily, after all
	your IBM question WAS pretty stupid don't you think?

	Wouldn't you rather that Amiga spend the money on  
	improving the Sellability of the machine by providing
	an environment where software can migrate from UNIX
	systems without considerable rewrites?


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