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From: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Commodore's handling of the Amiga  [was Re: Apple stumbles...]
Message-ID: <6613@apple.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 13:54:23 EST
Article-I.D.: apple.6613
Posted: Tue Nov  3 13:54:23 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 03:21:05 EST
References: <8711030308.AA01230@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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In article <8711030308.AA01230@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>>Networking, which is becoming more and more important to businesses, is not
>>nearly as easy an option on an Amiga as it is on the macintosh; furthermore,
>>the spreadsheet and accounting software available for the Amiga is (in my
>>opinion) severely lacking--this will really hurt business sales.  The screen
>	
>	Actually, Networking is quite a bit easier to do on the Amiga than
>on the macintosh, especially integration into the filesystem. 
	Sorry, I can't buy this one.  Given that every Mac ever made has
the AppleTalk hardware built in, and that the driver/protocol software
is all builtin to the system software it would seem as if all the basics
are in place.  The amiga requires extra hardware (=$, probably significant
amounts thereof)
	There are several network filesystem packages readily available
for the mac/appletalk (Tops, AppleShare, others) as well as electronic
mail packages (Intermail among others) and database packages which support
multiple users on a single database, independent of networked file systems.
All the Macintosh user has to do is buy the cable and applications he wants
plug in the cables and go.
	
	Conceptually, to the programmer, it might be easier to fit a network
file system into the amiga than the mac.  Practically, to the usr, it seems
much easier on the mac, simply because the applications are already there
to pick and choose from.  While as a programmer I can laud the extreme
modularity of the Amiga System Software which allows me to replace the file
system code and easily implement network file systems, the average user
really doesn't care, he just wants to be able to get his work done in a
consistent environment.
-- 
	David W. Berry
	dwb@well.uucp                   dwb@Delphi
	dwb@apple.com                   973-5168@408.MaBell
Disclaimer: Apple doesn't even know I have an opinion and certainly
	wouldn't want if they did.