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From: ali@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple stumbles...
Message-ID: <716@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Sat, 31-Oct-87 11:07:06 EST
Article-I.D.: rocky.716
Posted: Sat Oct 31 11:07:06 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Nov-87 02:48:20 EST
Reply-To: ali@rocky.stanford.edu (Ali Ozer)
Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department
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Keywords: Amiga

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In article <6674@ut-ngp.UUCP> kraut@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes:
>Actually, by that time I was convinced that the Amiga had the potential to
>outclass the Mac .... unless they screwed up (which they did, it seems).

And in article <12346169899024@G.BBN.COM> Donald Redick writes:
> [talking about Byte]
> Their editorial policies have ALWAYS been strange: consider the number
> of articles lauding the Amiga, a commercial failure, vs. the Mac.  

You guys are under the wrong impression, I think! The Amiga is not a 
commercial failure, and nor have "they" (Commodore-Amiga) screwed up. 
(Of course there is the endless debate now raging about
if Commodore is screwing 1000 users up by providing them with 
2000 upgrades... But that is another discussion, for comp.sys.amiga.)
Ever since the appearance of the 500 in July and the 2000 just a month
and a half ago, Amigas have been selling very well... In fact, so well
that if Commodore can make 200k Amigas in the next 2 months they will
easily hit the half-million mark that they'd predicted for end of 1987.
Seems like the the price of the 500 is what the Amiga needed...

As far as "outclassing the Mac," most people will say the Amiga does indeed
do that. Unless you define "outclass" as "sell more." 

Go to an Amiga dealer sometime and look at how much software is out there ---
certainly more than for a dead machine. (Or better yet, for a rather fun time
& a mindblowing experience, borrow the 20-minute "Test Flight" video tape from
the dealer... A friend borrowed it and showed it to me, and it's the ultimate
in "sensory overload." A 20 minute Star Tours flight. It'll also give you an
idea of what software is out there.)

Please email all flames if you have any, I'm not here to start any compwars.

Oh, also, we had the Byte discussion on comp.sys.amiga as well, and guess
what? Most everyone there seems to agree with you guys here, about Byte. 

Ali Ozer, ali@rocky.stanford.edu