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From: cjs@oberlin.UUCP (chris seline)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Why are you selling your Amiga??
Message-ID: <704@oberlin.UUCP>
Date: 14 Mar 88 23:18:42 GMT
References: <702@oberlin.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Science Program, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
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Summary: A concurrence
	 The AMIGA is in big trouble


What Blandy says is : The AMIGA hasn't lived up to its potential, and the MAC
		   has....

In article <702@oberlin.UUCP>, blandy@oberlin.UUCP (isjimblandy) writes:
> I've recently put my Amiga up for sale on misc.forsale; I'm going to
> get a Mac II 	[stuff deleted]
> Take a look at the software.  For the Mac, every WP supports
> multiple fonts, onscreen text attributes, proportional fonts, and
> they're usually almost WYSIWYG.  And this is expected.
> 		[deleted]
> On the Amiga, we've had TEXTCRAFT??!?  Scribble!?!?  The thing had
> dot commands, for God's sake!  What are we, troff afficandos?
> Mewling and puking and trying to be Wordstar?  Aren't we past that
> era?  Why did Scribble!  win an award from Amigaworld (I think)?  Why
> is this acceptable?  
>   		[more deleted]
> Deluxe paint.  Suppose you want to do some hardcopy, like posters?
> Maps?  diagrams or charts for a homework paper or presentation?  Why
> can't the thing conveniently work with an image larger than the
> screen like, say, the size of A PIECE OF PAPER????  Oh, sorry, I'll
> do it SIDEWAYS.  Right.  Even MacPaint lets you work on a page at a
> time.  And MacPaint has been topped since.  Why is this acceptable?  
> 		[still more deleted]
> It's frustrating knowing that your computer isn't living up to a
> fraction of its potential.
> 		[still more deleted]
> So since things seem so stable, I'm guessing that the Amiga stuff
> isn't going to improve radically.  From my point of view, the Mac is
> the place to go.  Mac users seem to expect excellence and useful
> innovation, and from what I've seen, they seem to get it.
>
> sjb1392@oberlin.bitnet       
> ...ihnp4!oberlin!blandy

Jim has an excellent point.  I've only found the AMIGA to be
tolerable now that I have 2.5 MEG (and can finally run several
processes at once).

But we still don't have bug free WP systems as good as MacWrite.
As for DPaint fuck color (yes I said it) fuck color.  I want
something I can write nice B&W reports with.  And this isn't it.

The list goes on.
	1) Why didn't CM steal the idea of resource files -- please
	   read the Apple Documentation before responding.
	2) Why didn't CM make the drives compatible?  So I could
	   exchange disks -- and source easily. (yes, I'd have to
	   convert it)
	3) Why did CM insist on a single interface -- ever notice
	   every program has a slightly different way of putting up file
	   requestors?
	4) Why didn't they insist programs use the ClipBoard?
	5) Why isn't their documentation as clear as APPLE's
	   (read the apple docs before flaming)


Well....

So there.....

Chris Seline
ihnp4!oberlin!cjs

p.s. Atari is coming out with a 68020 unix color machine for the
American Market 1989.  Real UNIX.  CM  what have you done for me
lately?